This production by Phelim McDermott brings together a winning cast, who perform against a backdrop of fantastic stage designs that play their own part in the opera.

This clever vision is set in a carnival-esque, funhouse environment inspired by 1950s Coney Island – complete with bearded ladies, fire eaters and a Ferris wheel.

The story begins in a café where two officers, Ferrando and Guglielmo, talk about how much they are certain that their fiancées (sisters Dorabella and Fiordiligi) will be eternally faithful.

Cosi Fan Tutte (which means Thus do All Women or more commonly translated into Women are Like That) premiered in Vienna at the Court Theatre in 1790.