Spinning a tale of lovers’ trickery in ‘Così fan tutte’ at Tanglewood
Saturday’s production was musically satisfying and beautifully played... This was aided by Nelsons’s crisp conducting and the occasional arpeggio from a harpsichord in the recitatives.
“In the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood on Saturday night, Andris Nelsons led the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a concert performance of Mozart’s 1790 opera… Saturday’s production was musically satisfying and beautifully played, especially by the winds (William Hudgins, principal clarinetist in the orchestra, produces a lovely tone and perfect articulation throughout his instrument’s range) and a smallish ensemble of players from the BSO, playing modern instruments but with a strong sense of historical style. This was aided by Nelsons’s crisp conducting and the occasional arpeggio from a harpsichord in the recitatives.”