"Mozart's genius in setting to music Da Ponte's comic play of love, infidelity and forgiveness marks Così fan tutte as one of the great works of art from the Age of Enlightenment.

Recorded at Glyndebourne in the Summer of 2006, Nicholas Hytner's beautiful new production has been described as 'shockingly traditional' which I think sums it up perfectly. The staging and costumes are bathed in glorious warm lighting (the importance of which I think is often overlooked), giving the production a bright, sun-kissed feeling as if Spring has just sprung."

Rating: 21/06/2009 By: Fallon Ann Williams