The MET Live in HD: Cosi Fan Tutte (Mozart)

The Met: Live in HD season kicks off with Mozarts satirical comedy of fickle young love, one of the composers most sublime creations. Phelim McDermotts colorful, inventive (The New York Times) staging, inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s, sets the uproarious story at a boardwalk amusement park, where the two pairs of lovers at the heart of the tale find themselves on one emotionaland literalthrill ride after another. Soprano Federica Lombardi and mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey sing Fiordiligi and Dorabella, opposite tenor Duke Kim and baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Ferrando and Guglielmo. Bass-baritone Gerald Finley reprises his portrayal of the cynical Don Alfonso, with soprano Ana Mara Martnez as the witty maid Despina.