Over the years, Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte has been interpreted in many ways, but this is UWOpera’s own Western version of one of the master’s most famous operas.
“The story is completely contemporary in setting,” said Theodore Baerg, director. “Relationships haven’t changed much over history. They are as predictable or unpredictable as always.”
Two young men are so sure their expectations of eternal faithfulness from their fiancées, they bet against their mentor, whose experience makes him think otherwise. You’ll have to come to the opera to see who wins the wager.
Familiar local landmarks pop up on stage and smartphones play a role in the miscommunications. Much comedy ensues as disguises, indiscretions and dual roles are set to the glorious music of Mozart.
“Everything works out in the end, but you have to come to find out how,” Baerg said.
Showtimes are 8 p.m. Feb. 1, 8-9; 2 p.m. Feb. 2-3; and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7 in the Paul Davenport Theatre, Talbot College. Tickets are $25 adults, $20 seniors and students, and are available via the Grand Theatre box office at 519-672-8800, at tickets.grandtheatre.com, or cash at the door.
NEWS AND NOTES
- The Centers for Disease Control has found the influenza vaccine effectiveness is 62 per cent at preventing influenza-associated medical visits (55 per cent for influenza A and 70 per cent for influenza B), according to preliminary results for the 2012-2013.
Western’s Health Services staff stresses getting a flu shot remains one of the most effective ways to prevent catching and spreading the flu virus.
Students can book appointments for free flu shots by contacting Students Health Services, University Community Centre (UCC), Health Services, room 11, at 519-661-3030. Staff and faculty can book appointments for free flu shots by contacting Workplace Health, UCC, Health Services, room 25, at 519-661-2047. - The latest issue of Purple & Green, Western’s sustainability newsletter, is on digital newsstands now. Visit sustainability.uwo.ca and click on Purple & Green newsletter on the right menu to view the most recent edition. Any member of the Western community can submit sustainability-related articles for the next edition by emailing Beverley Ayeni at sustainability@uwo.ca.
- A paper by Don Wright Faculty of Music professor Peter Franck, A Fallacious Concept’: Invertible Counterpoint at the Twelfth within the Ursatz, was awarded the Outstanding Publication Award by the Society for Music Theory at its annual conference. The paper was published in the society’s journal, Music Theory Spectrum.
- Western alumnus Gervan Fearon has been named vice-president (academic and provost) of Brandon University in Manitoba. Fearon, who earned his doctorate in Economics from Western in 1999, will take over the new position July 1. He is currently dean of the Chang School at Toronto’s Ryerson University.
- Dr. John Denstedt, Department of Surgery chair, has been asked to chair the third International Consultation on Kidney Stone Disease by the Société Internationale d’Urologie (SIU). The initiative brings together the close to 100 global leaders involved in the treatment of stones, a disorder afflicting 10-12 per cent of the world’s population. The effort results in a global consensus document published as a book and presented at the annual meeting, in this case the 2014 SIU meeting in Glasgow. This is the second time Denstedt has chaired this international event.