Went last night to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden to watch the opera Cosi fan tutte by Mozart.
As opposed to two operas that I saw last week (yes, a prolific concert goer am I), this one had very exquisite costumes and set. In the original story, the two men supposedly go to war, but actually just pretend to, and return to their fiancees in disguise to test their loyalty. In this production, the setting is 1960's US (they spoke Italian fluently then in the States, don't you know), and the supposed war that the men go to is the Vietnam war. When they return in disguise, they pretend to be hippies, and the women themselves, as they fall for the "strangers", transform from bitniks to hippies too.
The set was amazing: have you ever seen in a museum an example of a portable Bauhaus apartment? The girls' house looked exactly like that. A Bauhaus apartment, complete with a kitchen, a bathroom (a real toilet on stage!), a living room...
If I was sad last week that La Traviata and the Magic Flute were colorless black and white, I was a little sad last night that the elaborate set and beautiful costume, and creative directing distracted the audience a little from the beautiful singing and of course, Mozart's amazing score...
I sound like a critic, don't I? Well, I had a lot of fun, and although I'm not a big fan of going alone to museums, concerts and operas, I never felt like I was truly lonely. Plus, I can share my experience with you.
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