Josemaria Condemi, who would go on to direct fantastic mainstage productions such as 2012’s <i>Orphée et Eurydice</i>, started out as an Assistant Director who staged a promising class of Young Artists in this Mozart comedy.

Kristen Barrett (Fiordiligi), Maria d’Amato (Despina), and Melissa Collom (Dorabella) in the Young Artists production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, 2003 © Rozarii Lynch

Kimwana Doner (Fiordiligi), Jessica Tivens (Despina), Leodigario del Rosario (Ferrando), Joseph Rawley (Don Alfonso), Michael Todd Simpson (Guglielmo), and Carrie Kahl (Dorabella) in the Young Artists production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, 2003 © Rozarii Lynch

Michael Todd Simpson (Guglielmo), Joseph Rawley (Don Alfonso), and Leodigario del Rosario (Ferrando) in the Young Artists production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, 2003 © Rozarii Lynch

Jessica Tivens (Despina), Kimwana Doner (Fiordiligi), and Carrie Kahl (Dorabella) in the Young Artists production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, 2003 © Rozarii Lynch

Michael Todd Simpson (Guglielmo), Kimwana Doner (Fiordiligi), Carrie Kahl (Dorabella), Leodigario del Rosario (Ferrando), and Joseph Rawley (Don Alfonso) in the Young Artists production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, 2003 © Rozarii Lynch

Keith Harris (Guglielmo), Maria d’Amato (Despina), Kristen Barrett (Fiordiligi), Stefan Fehr (Don Alfonso), and Melissa Collom (Dorabella) in the Young Artists production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, 2003 © Rozarii Lynch

Carrie Kahl (Dorabella) and Jessica Tivens (Despina) in the Young Artists production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, 2003 © Rozarii Lynch