Detroit production of Mozart opera turns its female characters into automatons

DETROIT (AP) — Audiences at the Detroit Opera House expecting their performance of “Cosi fan tutte” to begin with the overture may be surprised to hear instead a product launch from a tech company CEO.

It’s Mozart meets Artificial Intelligence, in the latest mind-bending production by Yuval Sharon, the company’s adventurous artistic director.

The opera, first performed in 1790, was the last of three collaborations between Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, and despite its sublime music it has proved the least popular.