Oh yuk! I know that Così fan tutte is subtitled "a school for scandal" but to set it in a real, modern, school, with the four principals depicted as adolescents, and Don Alfonso portrayed as their Sex Ed teacher, was all really rather creepy. Musically, of course, it was glorious, but I found the staging all a little uncomfortable. Boys in rugby and PE kit, girls in school uniform and so on. Even some large props depicting the male and female anatomy as you might find in a GCSE biology text book. Despina was portrayed as the "dinner lady", taking rather too close an interest in the love life of the two (presumably c. 15 year old) girls. Five stars for singing and music, one star for production.

Seat U16 - Upper Circle.