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Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti[a] (All Women Do It,
or The School for Lovers), K. 588,
is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria.
The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte who also wrote Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni.
Although it is commonly held that Così fan tutte was written and composed at the suggestion of the Emperor Joseph II, recent research does not support this idea.[
There is evidence that Mozart's contemporary Antonio Salieri tried to set the libretto but left it unfinished.
In 1994, John Rice uncovered two terzetti by Salieri in the Austrian National Library.
The short title, Così fan tutte, literally means "So do they all", using the feminine plural (tutte) to indicate women.
DESIGNED AND HAND PRINTED BY KARL GERICH, IN BATH on 22nd of October 1994
Totally original designs for a transformation deck, hand crafted limited edition, this is number 31 /72, signed by the artist on the title and in gold ink on the inside base of the box and dated 30th June 1994 – he hand made the boxes and playing cards in different batches.
Tradition children’s nursery rhymes are illustrated with cleverly weaved transformations of the pip cards and hand coloured for effect though sets were sold in Black and White
I would struggle to come up with 52 Nursery Rhymes never find to see how I could allocate each to a playing card.
We have handled a couple of these and I am still amazed at the ingenuity
The court cards feature a variety of characters, Mrs Thatcher bringing the pack ‘up to date!’
Plain Yellow Backs
CLICK ON SMALL PICTURE FOR A FULL PAGE OF PICTURES
REF: epcs10th-0041
REF: KG24 – 054
Karl Gerich Pack No: 31, Bongout/Triton 1989
This pack was designed and printed by Karl Gerich – Victoria Playing Card Co. – Bath
The pack is based on the XP17 pattern [ the Bongout pattern ] used by the Turnhout Playing Card makers notably van Genechen
The Court Cards are double ended – the KIngs wearing Crowns
The Double Ended Aces depict named scenes from Bath
The Joker is single ended and depicts the Sea God – TRITON
Karl named it ‘Triton’ in a mark of respect for the Voyager 2 Spacecraft
which passed ‘close’ to Neptune’s Moon ‘Triton’ first discovered in 1846.
The pips for the Red suits are not standard colors –
The Heart Suit is red and orange and the Diamond Suit is orange and yellow.
The box is an excellent hand colored item with the same Triton image as the Joker
The back of the box details the publisher etc
The cards measure 43mm x 78mm
This is a Limited Edition of 30 packs
The cards are as issued and are complete
comprising of 52 cards plus a Joker plus ‘a title card’ plus 2 blank cards
The title card bearing the image of two Tigers
– Tigers feature throughout Karl’s designs
This was a Limited Edition of 30 Packs of Playing Cards with unique designs reflecting the adopted home of Karl – BATH
This was issued in 1996 and consists of a 52 card pack plus 2 Blank cards
They measure 60mm x 93mm
Each pip card show a scene from Bath’s attractive architecture and Parks
The cards are French suited with unusual coloring.
The Diamond suit depict Churches and Chapels
The Club suit shows club parks and open spaces
The Heart suit portrays bridges and water features and the Spade suit – buildings and Streets
The Court cards depict portraits of people who figured in the history of Bath – some real, some imaginary.
The cards are, as is common with Karl’s card, etched and tastefully hand painted producing miniature works of art.
Presented in a quality two part box – the box bears the title and design number on the base
The cards are as issued.
This Limited Edition pack was inspired by Piatnik’s Trappola Pack of c1890 and is 1 of 20 made
The plates were prepared in 1987 but not issued ’till 1990
Etched and Hand Colored with delicate pastoral colours; the Aces are a joy to view.
It is noted by Mike and Daf that Karl found this delightful coloring extremely tedious!
This is a 36 card pack with Three Jokers – one is double ended whilst the other 2 depict a Jester playing with a young woman.
The Hearts suits also bear Cups and the Clubs Batons copying the Italian style for Trappola cards
The Aces are really quite wonderful
The cards measure 51mm x 81mm
Housed in a Titled Box – the cards are as issued.
Nibelungenkarten 1994 Karl Gerich – KG 27 – Limited Edition
This pack was started in 1989 [ see Queen of Leafs ] but was not ‘finished’ ’till 1994.
This is one of only six packs made to celebrate Richard Wagner’s Opera “The Ring of the Nibelungs” – based on characters from the Norse Sagas and the court cards portray some of the Gods and Mortals in the double ended style – each character is named in hand scripted form.
Jack of Hearts and Jack of Leafs are really interesting.
The suit symbols are leaf, bell, acorn and heart.
The cards measure 60mm x 95mm and come in there own box; the inner lid bears the edition number [ 4 of 6 ] date and signature of Karl Gerich.
The cards are as issued.
Karl started this pack in 1985, put it to one side, then finished it in 1991
Based on Dondorf’s 1870’s Rheinland Pattern which was appropriated by many makers over the years.
This is one of a Limited Edition of 20 Packs.
This is piquet pack meaning it is 32 cards [ plus Joker ] – the style of a short pack originally being used for games like Piquet and Bezique amongst others.
The Joker is pictured cross legged – playing a Mandolin – a possible image of Karl in 1991 ?
French suited with varying colours – Diamond Suit being in Yellow and the Club Suit in Green.
The courts are double ended and are very attractive.
The backs are of a Florentine” pattern.
The box has a phoenix motif.
The cards are 55mm x 86mm
Cards are as issued.
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