TODAY IN NYC: 'COSI FAN TUTTE: SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED'
A one-of-a-kind event, 'Cosi fan tutte: Some Assembly Required,' will be presented by OperaMission (http://operamission.org/ ) and Neke Carson at theTHE GERSHWIN HOTEL (7 East 27th Street, NYC) on Tuesday, August 17th; Wednesday, August 18th; and Friday, August 20th, all at 7:00 pm; and on Sunday, August 22nd at 4:00 pm. This unique series of events will add up to a complete presentation of Cosi fan tutte (All Women Do It), divided into four public sessions during which four expert 'instigators' will animate Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte's Italian comic masterpiece in a free-form amalgam of a lab, a jam session, and a cabaret, the shape of which will be determined partly by audience participation. Jennifer Peterson, director of operamission, will conduct a full orchestra, unrehearsed, assembled on the spot with an internationally-acclaimed cast. In this unprecended format, she will be joined by Dramaturg Cori Ellison, Stage Director Ned Canty, and Italian baritone Marco Nistice in leading the artists and the audience through the assembly process. The stellar cast will feature sopranos Kerri Marcinko and Caroline Worra as Fiordiligi; mezzo-sopranos Jennifer Berkebile and Toby Newman as Dorabella; tenors Brian Anderson, John Carlo Pierce, and Asitha Tennekoon as Ferrando; baritones James Bobick and Gregory Gerbrandt as Guglielmo; sopranos Jennifer Aylmer and Kristen Plumley as Despina; and baritone Dennis Blackwell and bass-baritone Andrew Nolen as Don Alfonso. General admission is $10, or $5 per session if attending more than one. More details on the website.
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