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OPERA, SCOTTISH OPERA: COS FAN TUTTE, THEATRE ROYAL, GLASGOW *****
DAVID McVicar hits the nail firmly on the head with his new production of Mozart's Cos fan tutte for Scottish Opera. It's an opera with major pitfalls. When staged in its original setting - the Naples of Mozart's day - the result can be stylised and ineffective. Update it - as Scottish Opera has done on several occasions - and the danger is you enter the realms of the ridiculous, where gimmickry overshadows the age-old comedic dilemma of the female psyche.See the full content of this document
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Review: Cosi Fan Tutte
McVicar acts sensibly and creatively, fixing the action around 1900 when E...
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