And the story at times comes off as a loopy cross between "Springtime for Hitler" and Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte.

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Bieito is the artistic director of the Teatro Romea in Barcelona where he has directed such productions as Carmen and Cosi Fan Tutte for the Welsh National Opera (WNO).

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Madcap liasons and mischievous flirtations are based on opera scenes first created by Mozart and one of his librettists, Lorenzo Da Ponte, primarily from "Cosi Fan Tutte, " ''Le Nozze di Figaro" and "Don Giovanni.

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