The Festive Advent Concert from the Frauenkirche of Dresden is one of the most agreeable pre-Christmas concerts ever - and it achieved widespread distribution thanks to its successful broadcast on ZDF. Between 2 and 3 million viewers saw a beautifully staged, magnificent concert with a top cast.
Dan Ettinger conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in this performance of Mozart's comic opera recorded at the Salzburg Festival in August 2015. Adam Plachetka performs as Figaro alongside Martina Janková as Susanna, Anett Fritsch as Contessa Almaviva and Luca Pisaroni as Conte Almaviva.
Thus do all – women! For the literal translation of Così fan tutte is not “Thus do all people”, since “tutte” signifies the feminine plural. Don Alfonso’s misogynous dictum still seems almost provocatively malicious. Even though during the course of the action the men are exposed as no less fickle than the women, the title continues to work its subtle poison in us.