“He was out to create something ‘unheard-of’,” observed conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt beforehand. And true to form: What the conductor had to offer as he commenced his Mozart/Da Ponte cycle in the Theater an der Wien was something we “had never before heard like this” (Kurier). Nikolaus Harnoncourt, “master” of period performance practice, realized a project that had long been one of his dearest wishes: for the first time, he and his “original-sound orchestra” Concentus Musicus and his personal choice of singers were presenting the complete Mozart/Da Ponte cycle and harvesting the fruits of his Mozart research – an “enthusiastically acclaimed cycle!” (news.at).


Bonus documentary: Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Between Obsession and Perfection (Così fan tutte)

Cast:
- Fiordiligi: Mari Eriksmoen
- Dorabella: Katija Dragojevic
- Guillelmo: Andrè Schuen
- Fernando: Mauro Peter
- Despina: Elisabeth Kulman
- Don Alfonso: Markus Werba

Sound format: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1
Picture: 16:9, 1080i
Booklet: English, German, French
Subtitles: Italian (original language), English, German, French, Korean, Japanese
Total running time: 244 mins (Opera: 192 mins / Documentary: 52 mins)