Spotlight on Opera continues on Monday, May 14, 7:30 p.m. at the Ethical Society in Clayton with a discussion of Mozart's Così fan tutte: "The Art and Science of Attraction."
Individual tickets are available for $10.
In the romantic comedy Così fan tutte, two men put on costumes to become dashing foreigners. Can that really make them more attractive to women who already know them? What can Mozart teach us about desire, fidelity, honesty, and love? Washington University’s Eric J. Nuetzel, leading clinical psychiatrist and a training and supervising psychoanalyst at the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute, is joined by conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni and director Michael Shell.
Spotlight on Opera brings together Opera Theatre artists, community leaders, and scholars for unique perspectives and unforgettable insights into the operas in the 2012 Festival Season. The operas discussed this season are Carmen, Sweeney Todd, Cosi fan tutte, and Alice in Wonderland.
Guest panelists this season include a Tony Award-winning singer and actress, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, a leading clinical psychiatrist, an enterprising small business owner, St. Louis’s top percussionist, and an award-winning Spanish professor. These panelists join the conductor and director of each opera, as well as singers from Opera Theatre’s Gerdine Young Artist apprentice program, who perform musical highlights from each opera. The programs are moderated by Opera Theatre General Director Timothy O’Leary.
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