The Met: Live In Hd Presents Così Fan Tutte – Varsity Cinema, Des Moines

About this event

This event is a cinema presentation of the Metropolitan Opera's 2026–27 Così fan tutte rather than a locally staged production. Des Moines Metro Opera presents the screening at The Varsity Cinema, while the Met Live in HD page identifies the October 3 cinema transmission as part of the Metropolitan Opera's cinema season. The staging is directed by Phelim McDermott and relocates the action to a 1950s Coney Island boardwalk amusement park. The production is a co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and English National Opera in collaboration with Improbable. Tom Pye designed the sets, Laura Hopkins the costumes, and Paule Constable the lighting. The Live in HD cast features Federica Lombardi (Fiordiligi), Samantha Hankey (Dorabella), Duke Kim (Ferrando), Andrey Zhilikhovsky (Guglielmo), Gerald Finley (Don Alfonso), and Ana María Martínez (Despina), conducted by Nimrod David Pfeffer. English StreamText captioning is available for the transmission.