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Meeker, making her 蜜聊直播 Opera directing debut, flipped the script on 鈥淐osi,鈥� a story about two soldiers who decide to test their fianc茅es鈥� fidelity by pretending to go off to war. Would the women remain faithful while their men were gone or would they find new lovers?

But what if the women were in on the game? What if they knew they were being played?

Such a 2022 notion, right.

鈥淲e鈥檙e taking classic masterpieces of the opera canon, of which 鈥楥osi鈥� is, and finding ways to really help them still seem relevant and to really resonate with modern audiences,鈥� Meeker said during a phone call from Phoenix days before the show opened there last weekend.

In Meeker鈥檚 hands, Dorabella and Fiordiligi play along unsuspecting while their fianc茅s Ferrando and Guglielmo traipse off to battle. They have no idea that the two men, under a wager from Don Alfonso, are testing their loyalty.

But when the game is revealed toward the end, the women have figured it out.

Now instead of being the dutiful helpless women and answering to their men, Meeker鈥檚 Dorabella and Fiordiligi are empowered to follow their own destinies.

鈥淲hy did it have to be that the women were being manipulated and had no say in the matter?鈥� Meeker said.

Mozart ended the opera with something that felt like a moral of the story: The characters kiss and make up and live happily ever after.

Not in Meeker鈥檚 version.

The women strike out on their own, leaving the men wondering what just happened.

鈥淣o one is the same after that,鈥� she explained. 鈥淲e decided as we listened to the text and the music that there鈥檚 no reason why everything has to go back to happily ever after. ... The characters are really left to make their own choices.鈥�

Meeker also brought the piece into 2022 with some small set and costume tweaks, evolving from the classic French rococo era 鈥� big wigs, flowing, ruffly dresses 鈥� of Mozart鈥檚 1790s that the characters wear in the beginning of the opera to contemporary 2022 styles with attitudes to match at the end.

And while audiences will walk away with a very different message than the audiences of Mozart鈥檚 day, Meeker remained true to Mozart鈥檚 music and story.

鈥淭his is going to be musically fantastic. It鈥檚 really entertaining. There are fabulous, wonderful human lessons to be learned within the piece, but in a lovely, delicious comedic manner,鈥� said Meeker, the general and artistic director of Opera San Antonio in Texas.

鈥淥pera is a living, breathing art form. It鈥檚 a misconception that so many of these pieces were written 300 years ago, that they are museum pieces that don鈥檛 evolve or change,鈥� she added. 鈥淭here are many artists and companies in the world that are bringing these pieces into a new light and fresh interpretation, and I think that鈥檚 really exciting.鈥�

The cast for 蜜聊直播 Opera鈥檚 production comes from the current and past ranks of the company鈥檚 Marion Roose Pullin Opera Studio, which is celebrating its 15th year. Conductor Karen Kamensek, who in 2019-20 conducted the 鈥榮 production of Philip Glass鈥檚 鈥淎khnaten,鈥� will lead the orchestra.

鈥淐osi fan tutte鈥� will be performed at Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave., at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16, and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 17. Tickets are $30 to $125 through