Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo – four people are ready for the island; they long for holidays and adventure. Couples form, the island idyll seems perfect, but perhaps the masterminds behind the scenes, Alfonso and Despina, have meticulously orchestrated events and the paradisiacal façade conceals a sinister side? The waves of love bring changes that cause emotions to boil over – and finally disillusionment, the cold shower. Have we found ourselves on an island of the blessed? Or must we confront the sobering reality that we are far more seducible than we care to admit?

Following the resounding success of her 2023 production of »Don Giovanni«, director Katharina Thoma now explores Mozart and Da Ponte's ingenious opera about love, deception and self-knowledge.