A brand new production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte premieres at the Manoel Theatre on Monday.

Mozart’s ability to treat the most profound subjects with the lightest touch is at the heart of this story about two young men who decide to test the loyalty of their lovers, sisters Dorabella and Fiordiligi.

With Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti, the Manoel concludes the brilliant opera trilogy of Le nozze di Figaro (produced in 2017) and Don Giovanni (produced in 2018) resulting from the collaboration between Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte.

The opera features a stellar cast of top local and foreign opera singers: Christian Bowers as Guglielmo, Paul Putnins as Don Alfonso, Claire Debono as Despina, Jazmin Black Grollemund as Fiordiligi, Helen Sherman as Dorabella and Nico Darmanin as Ferrando. They will be accompanied by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Philip Walsh.

Così fan tutte will again be a daring and exciting production, with Jack Furness as director and designer who cleverly captures all elements of this most popular work.

“Through Jack we introduced a more cutting-edge type of operatic production than we were used to during these last few years,” said artistic director Kenneth Zammit Tabona.

“With more or less the same casts give or take a few, the three Mozart-Da Pontes have changed public perception of how local opera can be produced and I am very happy to be part of an initiative that makes such an incredibly beautiful genre relevant and meaningful to a 21st century audience,” Zammit Tabona added.

Così fan tutte is being staged at the Manoel Theatre on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 7.30pm. Tickets may be obtained from www.teatrumanoel.com.mt or by calling 2124 6389. This production is supported by Bank of Valletta.