The buoyancy and delicacy of the orchestral playing makes the music even more of a pleasure to listen to, while Sylvain Cambrelling's conducting allows that to come out while matching what is going on on stage. And I really liked what he did with Don Alfonso, the character always did strike me as a puppeteer of the action and that is how Haneke does it and in a sinister but cool way. Haneke's staging handles the comedic aspects wittily and amusingly and the dramatic aspects in a contrastingly heartfelt way. But it is a very elegant-looking production- while not being over-complicated- with a simply and handsomely-furnished big lounge with a window at the back, and the costumes are tasteful(a mix of traditional and not-so-traditional). He can characterise the characters a little too cruelly at times(though the the-characters-are-not-always-what-they-seem approach is admirable and somewhat truthful), especially with not having Ferrando and Guglielmo in disguises and showing their true feelings too early(which in a way is at odds with the libretto) and admittedly some of the performers are better actors than they are singers. Michael Haneke is a talented film-maker, but admittedly there was a bit of intrepidation on my part, could a well-known director direct an operatic masterpiece and do it without disgracing it? Well, on the most part Haneke's realisation of Cosi Fan Tutte works. Cosi Fan Tutte is a wonderful opera and one of Mozart's best, being gripping in the psychological way it deals with its characters and relationships, funny, dramatic and with some of the most beautiful music Mozart ever wrote(Soave Sia Il Vento especially).
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