«The faith of women
is like the Arabian phoenix:
everyone says it exists;
where it is, no one knows».

Is fidelity in love achievable? Does a genuine and satisfying monogamy exist, or is it just a concept of emotional relativity? Così fan tutte (1790), the female (or anti-feminist, depending on the point of view) piece of the Mozart-Da Ponte trilogy, lives on such questions. With Medea (Luigi Cherubini, 1797) everything seems to have changed: betrayed love becomes revenge, to produce the most intolerable pain. The Elixir of Love (Donizetti, 1832) proposes a “fairy tale”, in which good ultimately triumphs after being put to the test, but it is precisely through the test that the true nature of people emerges and feelings mature.

The Gruppo Fiati Musica Aperta, founded in 1976 by Pieralberto Cattaneo, has been a guest of important Italian concert seasons, gaining appreciation in numerous tours in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Yugoslavia, Malta, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, USA, and Brazil. It has recorded an LP of unpublished sacred and chamber music by G. Donizetti and G.S. Mayr. It also operates in the field of contemporary music, with world premieres in concerts repeatedly broadcast by RadioTre and German radios, and in two CDs recorded for TGE.

Playbill

A Semi-serious Journey Through the Loves of Opera
conducted by Enrico Beruschi
performed live by Gruppo Fiati Musica Aperta

Enrico Beruschi narrator
Gruppo Fiati Musica Aperta
Giovanni Perico flute
Angelo Giussani and Giuseppe Cattaneo oboe
Savino Acquaviva and Roberto Bergamelli clarinets
Ezio Rovetta and Massimo Capelli horns
Ugo Gelmi and Roger Rota bassoons
Domenica Bellantone accordion
Giampiero Fanchini double bass
Pieralberto Cattaneo conductor

Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Così fan tutte K. 588
transcription for wind instruments by Johann Amadeus Wendt
Overture (Andante – Presto)
Trio The Faith of Women
Duet Ah Look, Sister
Chorus Beautiful Military Life
Aria Don’t Be Shy
Aria A Loving Breeze
Duet with Chorus Assist, Friendly Breezes
Cavatina Betrayed, Mocked
Aria Love Is a Little Thief

Luigi Cherubini
Medée
Nuptial Procession

Gaetano Donizetti
The Elixir of Love
Prelude, March, Romances and Choruses (transcription by P. Cattaneo)