Strange use for a blog...

This is an experiment in communicating cuts for a COSI FAN TUTTE production on October 31 and November 3, 2009 at Opera Memphis with cast members who are spread out across the country. Cut sheets are usually an exercise in translating numerical references to pages, scores and bars. While I am going to provide this information, along with text references, I am also supplying pictures of the cuts themselves in a piano vocal score. These may (or may not) prove useful, depending on your preferred way of absorbing the information. It will definitely be useful to those who would prefer to mark their cuts in a different edition of the piano vocal score.

A blog will also allow for comments concerning the cuts.

Page 17

Cut 17/1/1 (page/score/bar) to 17/4/1.3
Begin with FERRANDO: Cessate di scherzar...

So if the numbers above are tedious, click on the page and put the cut in your score as in the jpeg.

Page 21 to Page 22

Page 21/3/1.4
after :"andar in collera:"
to
Page 22/4/2.4
beginning "Pian piano"

Don't forget you can click on
the images to see them larger.

Page 36 to Page 37

Cut all recit on p 36
Begin recit with DORABELLA:
"Ma che diavol vuol dir..."

Page 40

40/4/2.4
after ALFONSO:
"...poco men che morti"
to
40/5/2.2
"Al marzial campo"
Add C chord (C/E)

Page 44 to 48 (Quintet)

44/2/4
ALFONSO
"Finem lauda!"
to
48/2/1

Page 59 to Page 60

59/4/2 to
60/1/2.2
FER/GUGL:
"Abbraccia mi,"

on page 59, Fiordiligi should change the E on "mo" of "momento" to an F. Play F chord under "Ah per un sol momento..."

Page 53 to Page 56

After the end of the quintet,
begin the recit at
56/4/1.2 FERRANDO:
"O cielo!"

Page 66

66/3/2.4
after ALF:
"cari sposi"
to
66/5/3.2
DOR: "Faccia che
al campo.

Chord under sposi (160/3/2.3) should be changed to B major (D# in bass)

Page 71

71/2/1
to
71/4/2.4

Recit begins:
ALFONSO:
"Quante smorfie"

Continuo needs to play D chord before
Alfonso sings and delay the D7 til later.

Page 89 and Page 90

89/3/1
TO
90/4/2.3
ALFONSO:
"Ti vo fare del ben..."

continuo resolves to
D from the end of
2nd system on 89

Pages 91, 92 and 93

Two Cuts
91/5/1 to 92/1/1.2
ALFONSO: "Or ben"
Add C Chord in Continuo

92/5/2.2 to
93/5/2.4
DESPINA: "Direi di si"

Pages 103 to 107 (Sextet)

103/3/4.3
TO
107/1/5.3
DESPINA:
"Mi da un poco"

Page 112

112/2/1
TO
112/5/2.3

Recit begins with
ALFONSO
"Stelle!"

Page 123

123/2/1.2
after
FIORDILIGI
"dovrei?"
to
123/4/1.2
GUGLIELMO
"un solo istante"

Page 132

132/2/1.2
after
ALFONSO:
"riso?"
to
132/4/2.3
ALFONSO
"poveri innocentini!"

Page 137 to 142

This entire recit is cut
and we go right to the
Finale

Page 174 to Page 177

174/2/2
to
177/1/1

obviously, DESP
and ALF don't
sing first beat
of 177

Page 180 to Page 187

180/2/4
to
187/1/2
DESP and
ALF.
"Secondate..."

Act II Page 200 to Page 201

200/4/2.4
DESP: "bagatelle."
to
201/3/1.2
DESP: "Ma vorrei"