Music Review 'Così Fan Tutte'
Mozart’s Social Experiments, Conducted in a Shifting Chamber of Intrigue
By BERNARD HOLLAND
Published: October 24, 2006
The New York City Opera’s new production of “Così Fan Tutte” takes place in what seems to be an outsize camera obscura. People had the idea for this precursor of photography as far back as the ancient Greeks. Working models began to appear in the 16th century. Images from outside entered a dark enclosure through a lens and projected themselves on inner walls.
Mozart’s Social Experiments, Conducted in a Shifting Chamber of Intrigue
By BERNARD HOLLAND
Published: October 24, 2006
The New York City Opera’s new production of “Così Fan Tutte” takes place in what seems to be an outsize camera obscura. People had the idea for this precursor of photography as far back as the ancient Greeks. Working models began to appear in the 16th century. Images from outside entered a dark enclosure through a lens and projected themselves on inner walls.
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