by Nathan Southern
synopsis
Michael Hampe mounted Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Così fan tutte at the Kleines Festspielhaus in Salzburg c. August 1983; a film of that live production appears in this home video release. Margaret Marshall performs as Fiordiligi, Ann Murray as Dorabella, James Morris as Guglielmo, Francisco Araiza as Ferrando, Kathleen Battle as Despina, and Sesco Bruscantini as Don Alfonso. The Wiener Philharmoniker, under the baton of Riccardo Muti, and the Konzertvereinigung Wienerstaatsopernchor, led by chorus master Walter Hagen-Groll, provide musical accompaniment.
