Met Opera Live in HD to Feature Mozart’s "Così fan tutte" on March 31

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s dark comedy, Così fan tutte, will be streamed at noon in Grinnell College’s Harris Center Cinema on Saturday, March 31, as part of the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD program. Soprano Randye Jones, a performer and music researcher, will deliver the opera talk at 11:30 a.m. in the cinema, 1114 10th Ave., Grinnell.

In Così fan tutte, a cynical philosopher, Don Alfonso, tries to prove to two young officers, Ferrando and Guglielmo, that their fiancées will be unfaithful. In this production, director Phelim McDermott has set Così fan tutte in a carnival-esque, funhouse environment inspired by 1950s Coney Island — complete with bearded ladies, fire eaters and a Ferris wheel. Among the cast are veterans of the Coney Island sideshow scene. 

A New York Times article quotes Peter Gelb, general manager of the Met, saying, “As one of the stagehands said, ‘I always knew the Met was a circus — now it really is one.’”

Refreshments will be available for sale in the lobby of the cinema before each opera and during intermission.

Tickets are available at the Pioneer Bookshop and at the door on the day of the show. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students, children, and Met Opera members.