Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (All Women Do It, or The School for Lovers), K. 588, is an Italian-language opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte who also wrote Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni.
| Librettist | Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749-1838) |
| Date of composition | 1790 (?) |
| Premiered | 1790, January 26th in Vienna, Austria |
| First published | 1791-92 |
| Type | Opera Buffa |
| Catalogue | KV 588 |
| Spoken language | Italian |
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Chorus/Choir
- soldiers, servants, sailors
Orchestra Voice (Soprano) - Fiordiligi, Lady from Ferrara and sister to Dorabella, living in Naples Voice (Soprano) - Dorabella, Lady from Ferrara and sister to Fiordiligi, living in Naples Voice (Bass) - Guglielmo, Lover of Fiordiligi, a Soldier Voice (Tenor) - Ferrando, Lover of Dorabella, a Soldier Voice (Soprano) - Despina, a maid Voice (Bass) - Don Alfonso, an old philosopher |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Cosi fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti, KV 588 "(Thus Do They All, or The School for Lovers) Opera buffa in due atti" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Cosi fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti, KV 588 "(Thus Do They All, or The School for Lovers) Opera buffa in due atti" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Cosi fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti, KV 588 "(Thus Do They All, or The School for Lovers) Opera buffa in due atti" |