Romantic Recrimination: Mozart's 'Così fan tutte'
THE INTRO
THE HIT SINGLE: "I Give You This Heart"
The opera's pivotal moments come in a pair of Act Two duets, as the young women give in to the pleas of their "Albanian" suitors. First, in "Il core vi dono" -- "I Give You This Heart" -- Dorabella (mezzo-soprano Paola Gardina) accepts a golden heart from the disguised Guglielmo (baritone Andreas Wolf).
THE B SIDE: "Within His Embraces"
The plot reaches full circle when Fiodiligi (soprano Annett Fritsch) falls for the passionate pleas of Ferrando (tenor Juan Francisco Gatell) in the duet "Fra gli amplessi" -- "Within His Embraces."