Opera North: Così Fan Tutte – Hull New Theatre
Theatre lovers enjoyed more than three hours of a most delightful opera on Thursday night, as Opera North brought its production of Così Fan Tutte to the Hull New Theatre.
I say delightful because, unlike others I have seen, I found this very easy to understand from the get go, though it helped that it was sung in English.
The title translates as “they’re all the same”, describing professor Don Alfonso’s take on all women.
Dutch baritone Quirijn de Lang played the professor with the right amount of menace, cunning and gravitas, as well as more than a hint of mischief.
The professor is the cause of all the shenanigans on the night, betting two lovestruck young men that their faithful amours would cheat on them, because in his mind women are “all the same”.
He challenges the t...