Mozart's black comedy with an untranslatable title is an intimate six-hander of partner-swapping and deception in love. Two sisters love two men. Two visiting Albanians make a move for the girls. Except that each Albanian is the other sister's fiance in disguise. Add the sisters' streetwise servant and the men's cynical mentor, and you have a classic 18th-century amoral tale. Dangerous Liaisons, perhaps?
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, conductor James Levine
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8.10 The James Naughtie Interview James Naughtie talks to this evening's Dorabella, mezzo Susan Graham , about singing at the Met, the roles she enjoys and the novelty (for her) of appearing on stage as a woman.
8.35 Act 2
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