Opera Classica

The Eppstein Castle Festival has been taking place since 1913, making it one of the oldest open-air theater venues in the Rhine-Main region. This year's program includes "Cosi fan tutte", a musical comedy by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

Guglielmo and Ferrando are two officers in the Neapolitan army. They are sitting together in a coffee shop with their friend, the old philosopher Don Alfonso. The two young men rave about their fiancées and sing of their loyalty to them. Don Alfonso, who has become cynical through life, claims that no girl is faithful forever. He says that women's fidelity is like the Phoenix, everyone talks about it, but no one has ever seen it. The two young men are indignant and demand a duel. Alfonso offers them a bet. Don Alfonso bribes the housekeeper Despina to take part in the game. Ferrando and Guglielmo enter disguised as Albanians and tempt the two beautiful ladies. Fiordiligi and Dorabella. The comedy takes its course. At the end of the opera, Don Alfonso arranges a double wedding with Despina disguised as a notary. As soon as the ink is dry on the marriage contract, the surprise arrival of the officers is announced. The two gentlemen flee and the two women are ashamed to confess everything to the two returnees. This magnificent work by Mozart ends with a magnificent final ensemble.

20.7., 7 p.m.

Burg Eppstein, Auf der Burg, Eppstein

2for1: price category 1 = 49 €, price category 2 = 41 €

20.7., 18-18.30, box office