Michael Tanner

Distorted account

Così fan tutte<br /> Royal Opera Phaedra<br /> Barbican

issue 06 February 2010

Così fan tutte
Royal Opera

Phaedra
Barbican

When Jonathan Miller’s production of Così fan tutte was first mounted at the Royal Opera in 1995, it was the Armani clothes which received the most attention. Over the years there have been many modifications, and it now bears little relationship, certainly in the direction of the singers, to its original conception.

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