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Così fan tutte

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Così fan tutte
illustrates comically some shortcomings of feminine fidelity. [Ger. Opera: Mozart, Cosi fan tutte, Westerman, 97–98]
See : Irony


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Immediately ingratiating to all the senses (yes, they even have a distinctive perfume), they’re so emotionally direct, so exposed in their quicksilver exchange of feeling, that they have justly been called Don Giovanni or Così fan Tutte in miniature.
In Mozart’s Così Fan Tutte, a cynical hoax unleashes passions that scramble the engagement vows of four young lovers (I have yet to see the Glimmerglass production).
 
 
 
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