A departure from our pre-Christmas treat to the ballet at Oxford (i just hate the cramped seats there), it was off to the opera at Milton Keynes Theatre and Glyndebourne on Tour. On Friday evening it was an early 7.15pm start for Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte. Neither Alison or I knew the plot, such that it is, so it was interesting to see the action unfold in what the programme described as "the cruelest and most disturbing opera ever written", even though the title translates to "School for Lovers". But it was the score and the singing that attracted us, and these were excellent. Gillian Ramm was fabulous in the lead role of Fiordiligi and she was well supported by the other five members of the cast. The three hours (not including the interval) just flew by.
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