Cosái Fan Tutte: Thus Do All Women Behave (Opera Journeys mini guide series)

A convenient, pocket-sized GUIDE to Mozart's COSI FAN TUTTE which includes the PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS in the opera, the STORY SYNOPSIS, a STORY NARRATIVE WITH ONE-BAR MUSIC HIGHLIGHT examples, and an essay providing background about the opera and its composer, analysis, and insightful commentary. In Act I, Don Alfonso, a cynical old philosopher, declares to two young officer friends, Ferrando and Guglielmo, that women cannot be trusted, particularly their respective fiancees, the sisters Dorabella and Fiordiligi. 'Opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.'