Sun 30 Oct 2011: "Cosi fan Tutte" -- ChOC presents a live performance by Shoestring Opera
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6pm in the Memorial Hall
This performance is sold out. It is possible that more tickets will be available after September 17. To go on the waiting list, please email secretary@chocfilms.info
It's not often that Charlbury hosts a classic opera, so Shoestring Opera and ChOC are proud to present Mozart's Cosi fan tutte ('Women are all like that') on Sunday 30th October at the Memorial Hall.
Under the auspices of ChOC, the opera, fully staged and costumed, will play for one night only, and tickets are expected to sell fast.
The company will have honed its skills under the Umbrian sun in August: they are performing the opera first in a private open-air theatre not far from Arezzo.
The story is both spicy and salutary! A cynical old philosopher bets his two young soldier friends that he can get their fiancées to be unfaithful to them within 24 hours ... but only if they do exactly as he instructs them. He enlists the help of the girls' maid; the lads act up, the girls (and their maid) are taken in, and much confusion, emotional upset and - for the audience - humour follow.
Directing the opera, and playing the scheming philosopher Don Alfonso, is Charlbury resident Giles Dawson. 'We have been having a wonderful time preparing this amazing work. The company is a happy blend of experienced performers and budding professionals: Dorabella and Fiordiligi (Victoria Jess and Hannah Davey) have both recently graduated from music college and are making their way as full-time singers; Ferrando and Guglielmo (Hugo Tucker and Peter Brown) bring fine voices and a wealth of experience to their roles; and Despina (Kipper Chipperfield) contributes set design and costumes to the enterprise, as well as her characterful playing of the pivotal part of the maid.'
The opera's score has been specially arranged for 10-piece orchestra by Jonathan Burton and Shoestring's conductor, Chris Davey. It will be sung in the original Italian.
Tickets are available, price £15 (£12 under-18s and full-time students), at Evenlode Books (01608 819117) and Charlbury Post Office. Or to book online click here.
www.chocfilms.info/live