On Sept. 22, the organization’s annual gala will feature a full staging of Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte at the Hot Springs Convention Center. Previous galas were held in Little Rock, the state capital, because nobody thought people in Hot Springs would come out for an opera. But last year’s sold-out performance of The Magic Flute at the Arlington Resort Hotel and Spa proved the town was primed for the classical arts — and it needed a bigger venue.