Product Review

The second of DGs series of seven Mozart operas conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin, and initiated by Rolando Villazon, in collaboration with Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Universal Music Arts & Entertainment and Rolex

This Cosi fan tutte enchanted the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus audience when recorded in concert in 2012, with Nezet-Seguin inspiring his stellar cast to feats of vocal derring-do

An enthusiastic advocate of Mozarts music, Rolando Villazon takes on the lead tenor role. Das Opernglas hailed his debut as Ferrando, calling him ideal for the role we have not heard a more beautiful, better sung and deeper felt Un aura amorosa in a long time

Starring a thrilling cast of both young and experienced Mozart opera stars including accomplished soprano Mojca Erdmann as Despina, acclaimed Mozartian soprano Miah Persson and prize-winning young American mezzo Angela Brower as the emotionally manipulated sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella. Also joining this creme-de-la-creme cast are distinguished Mozart bass-baritone Adam Plachetka as Guglielmo and Italian buffo baritone Alessandro Corbelli as Alfonso

Youthful exuberance tempered by depth of insight make this a rare Cosi, a must for even the most seasoned opera lover