Così fan tutte, the third and final collaboration between Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, is a comedy of manners in two acts with an intensely dark take on human nature.
Così fan tutte was only moderately successful at its premiere in 1790 and remained just outside the standard repertoire for more than a century.
But, although it is an old story (it has antecedents in Boccaccio, Shakespeare and Cervantes), critics say it still poses unique challenges and correspondingly unique rewards, for the public today.
Every possible impression of love – from the loftiest to the basest – is explored in this opera.
The opera will be shown live today at 6.55pm, on April 5 at 7pm and on May 6 at 2.30pm at the Saint James Cavalier Cinema, Valletta.