Mozart's Cosi fan tutte gets modern with text messaging

We really probably shouldn't be surprised, considering it seems no one is safe from the pervasive power of technology nowadays. No, not even you, opera. In an unprecedented level of technological integration, the New York Times reports that Underworld Productions Opera Ensemble has decided to embrace the age of the cell phone and allow theatregoers to vote via text on the outcome of a modernized version of Cosi fan tutte.

The classic Mozart opera, which centers around two young officers and their fickle fiancées, is an 18th-century commentary on worth and possibility of fidelity. This time around, though, the audience gets to decide just how loyal each character truly is when they vote at intermission (via text message) for who should be married in the opera's final scene. Cast members will then perform the chosen outcome.