Così fan tutte straight out of the Age of Enlightenment in Leeds

Henry Neill (Guglielmo), Quirijn de Lang (Don Alfonso) and Anthony Gregory (Ferrando)

Heather Lowe (Dorabella), Henry Neill (Guglielmo) and Gillene Butterfield (Despina)

Alexandra Lowe (Fiordiligi), Gillene Butterfield (Despina) and Heather Lowe (Dorabella)

Anthony Gregory, Heather Lowe, Henry Neill and Alexandra Lowe

By Richard Wilcocks, 03 February 2024

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“Heather Lowe... a charmingly flirtatious Dorabella, less innocent than her stage sister”

Reviewed at Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds on 2 February 2024

Mozart, Così fan tutte (Sung in English)

Opera North

Clemens Schuldt, Conductor

Chloe Rooke, Conductor

Tim Albery, Director

Tobias Hoheisel, Set Designer, Costume Designer

David Finn, Lighting Designer

Orchestra of Opera North

Alexandra Lowe, Fiordiligi

Heather Lowe, Dorabella

Anthony Gregory, Ferrando

Henry Neill, Guglielmo

Quirijn de Lang, Don Alfonso

Gillene Butterfield, Despina

John Findon triumphs in the return of Opera North’s Peter Grimes

Richard Wilcocks, 13th February

Benjamin Britten’s dark masterpiece Peter Grimes returns triumphantly to Opera North, conducted by Gary Walker and revived by Karolina Sofulak and Tim Claydon.

*****

Opera North’s Susanna: how a woman stood up to her abusers

Richard Wilcocks, 4th October

Handel's oratorio is staged by Olivia Fuchs and conducted by Johanna Soller in Opera North's latest successful collaboration with Phoenix Dance Theatre.

****1

To be or not to be: Hamlet returns to the Buxton Festival

Mark Pullinger, 16th July

After 45 years, Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet returns to Buxton in a gripping, psychological staging by Jack Furness.

****1

Opera North’s “fleeing” Dutchman links to plight of asylum seekers

Richard Wilcocks, 1st February

Opera North’s The Flying Dutchman, directed by Annabel Arden, conjures up frightening storms and links the production to the plight of asylum seekers.

****1

Opera North’s gleeful Magic Flute revived

Richard Wilcocks, 27th September

Conducted by Christoph Konz and directed by James Brining, Opera North’s revival of The Magic Flute remains an inventive reinterpretation of Mozart’s classic opera.

****1

Richard Wilcocks, 15th February

Opera North's revives its Cavalleria rusticana production by Karolina Sofulak, pairing it this time with Rachmaninov's early opera Aleko.

****1

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Richard Wilcocks

Richard Wilcocks has worked as a journalist, as a teacher and for the British Council. He sings bass with Leeds Festival Chorus.

A Così fan tutte straight out of the Age of Enlightenment at Opera North