Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte”

Semistaged production of comic opera masterpiece marks composer’s 250th birthday

Posted January 21, 2006

(Portland, Ore.)—Celebrate Mozart’s birthday in fitting style by attending a production of his opera “Cosi fan tutte.”

To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Mozart, Astoria Performing Arts, in cooperation with Lewis & Clark College, presents Mozart’s comic operatic masterpiece in a semistaged concert performance on Friday, January 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Evans Auditorium.

Astoria Performing Arts, a new company, is dedicated to the presentation of concert and chamber opera throughout the Pacific Northwest. Sung in Italian and narrated in English, Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte” couples the musical genius of the composer with a vibrant young orchestra and soloists.

The production of “Cosi” is sung in Italian and features soprano Katherine Swigert as Fiordiligi; soprano Amy Hansen as Despina; mezzo-soprano Anna Jablonski as Dorabella; and Konstantin Kvach as Don Alfonso. Ruth Dobson is the production’s artistic director and Keith Clark serves as music director and conductor. Clark also narrates the performance.

A limited number of complimentary tickets for the Lewis & Clark community are available in advance at the college bookstore. For more information, call ext. 7885.

Regular tickets are also available at the bookstore: $25 general admission, $22 seniors, and $10 students. Tickets are also available through the Astoria Performing Arts Web site and at the door.

Parking is available for a small fee on campus. Lewis & Clark is located at 0615 S.W. Palatine Hill Road. For more information, call 503-768 7216.

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For more information, please contact:
Tania Thompson
Senior Communications Officer
503-768-7960
taniat@lclark.edu