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Tele phone for a pro spec tu s to be posted to you - BL 2809. 13 12 COSIFAN TUTTE Cosi Fan Tutte, also known as The School for Lovers, is set in the 18th Century. The cynical philosopher , Don Alfonso, makes a BECHSTEIN bet with his friends-two young officers, Gra ziano and Ferrando­ that Fiordiligi and Dorahella, to whom they are engaged to be married, These ore on ly a few oJ will capitulate to their suitors. They have faith in the two ladies and lhc great names that agree to follow Don Alfonso 's plan for a day in order to decide the houe brought fame to the ... choiceof the imm ortals Bechs t ein name:- wager. Don Alfonso then informs Fiordiligi and Dorabella that their lmmorl~l music wa born and nurtur ed here - at a Carl Tausig, Bechstein keyboard. Here gen ius was tran smut ed; Anton Rubinstein, lovers have received orders to depart for the "Front " immediately. beauty whispered to the ages. For Bechstein Ferruccio Busonj, has ever been companion to the immortals. Eugen d' Albert, A touching scene of farewell follows and the ladies with many tears It was a Bechstein that hrst gave suhs tan('e Frederic Lamo nd, Richard Strauss, vow eternal filedity. Hardly have the two officers disappe ared when t~ some of Wagner's grea test inspira tions; Artur Schnabel, Liszt, Debussy, Brahms, Grieg, Ravel Wilhem Kempff, Despina , who is in Alfonso's confidence, introduces two foreign were only a few who knew th e mauic Emil von Sauer, gentlemen (Ferrando and Graziano in disguise) , and they each of a Bechstein. To-day's masters,~ Wilhelm Furtwangler-. too, destin ed for th e cloak of make love to the other's fiancee. Their attentions are not taken immort al ity - men uch as Wilh elm Barkaus - choose seriously and, in their supposed despair , they pretend to commit Bechstei n as fitting compa111on lo th eir suicide by taking poison . D espina, disguised as a doctor, restores grea tness. them to life by mesmerism. In Act Two, the foreigners are persistent and the ladies bein to waver. Dorabella , and later Fiordiligi , succumbs to their ardent advances , and the foreigners demand that a notary be requested to draw up the marriage contract immediately. Th e notary arrives and it is the versatile Despina in another disguise. At a banquet prepared for the occasion, the contract is signed. Then Don Alfonso arrives with the startling news that Ferrando and Graziano are on their way home and may return at any moment. The foreigners beat a hasty retreat. The notary conceals himself as best he can as Ferrand J A_ rare shipment of Bcchs tcin Grand and Graziano re-enter. They are intrigued by the situation and 1 P 8'_l 05 hos_ r~t'~ntly been landed by ~alini;:ii.
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