French director Luo Hong-pelly presents innovative Mozart comedy at Taichung Opera House

The Taiwan National Opera House recently welcomed a highly anticipated opera production that has attracted international attention, inviting French renowned opera director Luo Hongpeli to stage Mozart’s classic opera *Women Are All Like This*. The work is not only a precious gem of the classical music world but also one of the three major comic operas created by Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte. Led by an international‑level director and incorporating the unique “play‑within‑a‑play” concept, the production presents a fusion of love, betrayal, temptation, and human trials, offering a fresh and profound contemporary interpretation that delivers a top‑tier artistic feast to Taiwan’s classical music and performing‑arts enthusiasts.

Director Luo Hongpeli emphasized in an interview that, for him, Mozart’s music itself is everything. In this opera, music is not merely accompaniment or emotional backdrop but the engine that drives the plot and dissects the inner world of characters. Mozart’s melodies may appear light and elegant, yet they often conceal a subtle melancholy and human irony beneath the cheerful surface. Luo captured this duality