For example, in the operas opening scene, don giovanni and leporello sing at. The opera begins as don giovanni is leaving the bedroom of his latest paramour, donna anna. A huge hit with audiences in its day, don giovanni presents a thrilling story to audiences, weaving the enduring themes of guilt, regret, love and death. May 18, 2007 verdis il trovatore has a truly outlandish story, but its music has made it one of the most popular of all the composers great operas. Dona ana reconhece don giovanni pela voz e quando o mesmo sai. Long story short bad boy acts badly, then gets punished. Don giovanni production archive opera theatre company. Leporello also arrives, still trembling from his adventure in the commendatores palace. Despite the conventional staging, costumes, and sets, the mets production of don giovanni was peppered with truly. I like a mix of different approaches with my favourite classical works. The women of don giovanni showcase the many tensions that dominated gender relations of the era, each representing different aspects of the cultural and social landscape. True to the original story, the commendatore in the opera returns at the end as the stone guest to demand that giovanni repent for his life of sin. Don giovanni simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
William dazeley as don giovanni in alessandro talevis new staging for opera north. The city of seville in southern spain, which likely inspired mozarts setting for don giovanni, was already famous in his time as a mythical world of winding streets, hotblooded young men, and exotically beautiful women sequestered behind latticed windows. The opera takes place in rome in 1800, during the month of june. They served the purposes of advertising the music before the premiere, or making it available to players and patrons for private performances thereafter. It starts on july 25 august 30, 2014 at sydney opera house. For don giovanni, the opera by wolfgang amadeus mozart, there are three clear choices, which critics at least in the uk and europe unanimously highlight. Verdis il trovatore has a truly outlandish story, but its music has made it one of the most popular of all the composers great operas. Her character does not appear at all in molieres play, don juan. On realizing that don giovanni means to remain behind with zerlina, masetto. Like being walloped into submission with a big stick.
For example 602 m128 means that this performer offers a mp3 file of 128kbps that takes 6 minutes and two seconds. Don giovanni, opera in two acts by wolfgang amadeus mozart italian libretto by lorenzo da ponte that premiered on october 29, 1787. Don ottavio, donna anna, donna elvira, masetto, and zerlina return to the dining room to tell the moral of the story. Hes great at doubting, dreaming, and hesitating, but not much for taking decisive action.
The dallas opera presents an opera in brief for don giovanni. When masetto arrives with a band of peasants to hunt down giovanni, the disguised don sends them off in various directions, then beats up masetto. Donna anna then elicits an oath from her betrothed, don ottavio, that he will not rest until her father is avenged. It is based on the legends of don juan, a fictional libertine and seducer, by spanish. Ennis del mar, brokeback mountain new york city opera. Ignoring the possible meaning hidden behind the words and. Mozarts don giovanni many have called don giovanni the finest opera ever composed. Don giovanni overview the best broadway source for metropolitan opera. Mariusz kwiecien brings his youthful and sensual interpretation of mozarts timeless antihero to the met for the first time, under the direction of tony award rwinning director michael. The story, based upon the don juan legend, focuses on a brutal and sexually insatiable aristocrat from old world europe. Composer wolfgang amadeus mozart libretto by lorenzo da ponte. The opera was originally titled violetta, after the main character. Don giovanni returned to houston grand opera on january 25 in a production originally created for the company in 1986 by director goran jarvefelt.
Don giovanni, a 1787 opera by mozart, follows the story of the seducer and the wake of destruction he leaves behind him throughout europe. Don giovanni has long been regarded as mozarts supreme theatrical achievement. Don giovanni teddy tahu rhodes as mozarts bad boy is back. Having exchanged clothes with giovanni, leporello takes elvira on a nighttime walk, leaving his master free to serenade her maid. Oct 25, 2016 true to the original story, the commendatore in the opera returns at the end as the stone guest to demand that giovanni repent for his life of sin. Teddy tahu rhodes as don giovanni and kate ladner as donna anna, sydney opera house, 2005. What goes around comes around on mozarts carousel of karma. For critics, the most problematic of the three central female characters is donna anna. Lorenzo da ponte based his libretto on the well known story, dramatized in the 17th century by the spanish playwright tirso da molina and the subject of an opera by giuseppe gazzaniga, with a libretto by giovanni bertati, that had been performed in venice in. Opera explained don giovanni read by david timson unabridged. If you do not have the opportunity to see don giovanni performed live, allow me to recommend joseph loseys excellent filmatisation of the opera, from 1979, starring ruggero raimondi as don giovanni. But once she realises its not her bethrothed behind the mask, she screams for help. In this lesson, youll learn about the characters and story in mozarts darkly comic opera, don giovanni.
Click on the button to go to the page where you can download the music. Nov 18, 2000 don giovanni kills the old man, and flees the scene. Jan cant sound like fran, and dan cant sound like stan. Opera theatre company has commissioned roddy doyle to create a brand new translation of this iconic opera which will. The current production of don giovanni at the metropolitan opera, running through march 6th, is the opera of the moment, a profoundly political and moral vision thats as much of our time. Don giovanni, a 1787 opera by mozart, follows the story of the seducer and the wake of destruction he leaves behind. Discover all that is seattle opera from photo galleries of our productions to behind thescenes videos and audio of your favorite opera stars. This is done in a historically appropriate style, and is. The statue asks don giovanni to repent for his sins, but don giovanni refuses.
In this version of don giovanni, the story takes place in a forest at nighttime. For example 602 m128 means that this performer offers a mp3 file of 128kbps that takes 6. Director kasper holton and designer es devlin have put together an entity that involves a complicated, confining but brilliant set and a cast that is not only able to sing the music. Don giovanni opera mozart calling to the concert in praha. Don giovanni is about a libertine and murderer who refuses to repent when given the chance. Bryn terfel was born to play leporello, singing the part with a gruff abandon and charm that few have ever matched. Donna anna, the commendatores daughter, is a proud, beautiful noblewoman who has problems with men. Mozarts opera don giovanni, first produced in 1787, is a retelling of the story of don juan, the famous seducer of women. Featuring varied, evocative, and absolutely glorious music from overture to epilogue, a dynamic set of distinctively drawn characters, and a shocking, unforgettable finale, the don stands apart as mozarts boldest masterpiece. Of the rest of the cast, only soile isokoski and ildebrando d. Mozarts classic is a brilliant combination of stark human tragedy and touching comedy, set to music of.
Mozart don giovanni 1787 with double subs iteng youtube. The characters and their music giving characters character is one of the most interesting challenges in operatic composition. Don giovanni, the licentious protagonist, is continually misbehaving and sees women as playthings. Prague italian opera at the teatro di praga, october 29, 1787.
Then, with a great flash, the earth opens up beneath their feet and the statue pulls don giovanni with him to hell. Mozarts opera don giovanni follows the adventures of the rougish, womanising giovanni. The revival was an engrossing performance that emphasized the enigmatic, flawed nature of the don and the underlying moral that is. During his fight with the commendatore, the don is mortally wounded and relives the whole drama. The subject seems unpromising the last day in the life of the notorious womaniser don juan but the skill of the librettist allied to the genius of mozart at the very peak of his powers has.
Jul 06, 2017 the dallas opera presents an opera in brief for don giovanni. With the appearance of donna elvira, a woman that don giovanni has seduced and abandoned, and who is now equally bent on revenge, don. Don giovanni is don giovanni the old slogan goes and mariusz kwiechen is the giovanni of the day. Don giovanni sounds of learning guide by opera philadelphia. Giovanni himself is a baritone, while don ottavio is a lyric tenor. Tulsa operas don giovanni continues to draw worldwide. Don giovanni peter mattei, left, in the title role, and luca pisaroni as leporello in this new staging, by michael grandage, at the metropolitan opera. Life is great when youre a rich, heterosexual, white man living in the 18th century. In the act ii finale of mozarts don giovanni, as the title character enjoys.
But he never shows any remorse, even though it costs him his life. The traditional account don giovanni performed by the philharmonia chorus and orchestra, conducted by carlo. Plays, operas, and even a ballet were produced on the theme by the time mozart and da ponte started work on their opera. At the end of each line you find more information about the music of that specific performer. Find the metropolitan opera on facebook opens new window find the metropolitan opera on twitter opens new window find the metropolitan opera on instagram opens new window find the metropolitan opera on instagram opens new window.
Oct 08, 2012 like being walloped into submission with a big stick. The revival was an engrossing performance that emphasized the enigmatic, flawed nature of the don and the underlying moral that is borne out by his punishment. Don giovanni by teodor currentzis and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited. The premiere of don giovanni took place to great public and critical acclaim in prague on october 29, 1787. Nov 02, 2007 mozarts don giovanni many have called don giovanni the finest opera ever composed. Hoffmann also wrote a short story derived from the opera, don juan, in which the. Don giovanni teddy tahu rhodes as mozarts bad boy is. The world of theatre and operas favourite new age scottish director david mcvicar has reinvented don giovanni, the work of eighteenth century composer wolfgang amadeus mozart 17561791 as an allnew production for opera australia featuring the sensational teddy tahu rhodes as the don. Mistaking him for leporello, masetto believes his story that he too hates giovanni and sets off with them to track him down. But once she realises its not her bethrothed behind the mask, she screams for help, bringing her father running to her aid.
Oct 15, 2011 don giovanni peter mattei, left, in the title role, and luca pisaroni as leporello in this new staging, by michael grandage, at the metropolitan opera. Lorenzo da ponte converted the morality play about a punished dissolute into a libretto for wolfgang amadeus mozart. Don giovanni vikidia, the encyclopedia for children. World of opera presents it in a production from houston. This notion is encapsulated in the meaning of cherubinds namelittle cherub which. The opera s subject is don juan, the notorious libertine of fiction, and his eventual descent into hell. The marriage of figaro, comic opera in four acts by austrian composer wolfgang amadeus mozart italian libretto by lorenzo da ponte, which premiered in vienna at the burgtheater on may 1, 1786. Don giovanni, on the run from a fresh escapade, has taken refuge in a graveyard. Mozarts don giovanni is for many the finest opera of all time. Despite the conventional staging, costumes, and sets, the mets production of. Don giovanni requires a strong, resourceful cast, and at sunday afternoons opening performance at the war memorial opera house, a vibrant ensemble, which included several company debuts, brought it to life with impressively dynamic results.
Opera synopsis, with cast information, podcast and photos of the 2011 production. Laughing, don giovanni tells him that his latest prey has turned out to be leporellos own girlfriend. Its brilliant tapestry of comedy and tragedy woven into the composers sublime score set it apart from all works of art. Mariusz kwiecien in don giovanni at the royal opera house. Don giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by wolfgang amadeus mozart and italian. Leporello is not amused, but don giovanni laughs heartily. There he brought out the drama as id never seen before. Jul 16, 2014 the world of theatre and operas favourite new age scottish director david mcvicar has reinvented don giovanni, the work of eighteenth century composer wolfgang amadeus mozart 17561791 as an allnew production for opera australia featuring the sensational teddy tahu rhodes as the don.
Arrangements of operas for wind ensemble were fairly common in the classical era. The mets new production places the action in a nonspecific modern setting. For a while, the mask fools anna into believing that don giovanni is in fact her fiance, don ottavio. Don giovanni stylized by both his contemporaries and posterity in every nuance between admiration. Don giovanni is about a sinner who refuses to repent when given the chance. A composer has to distinguish between characters through his music. The academy is so important to our nations history that it was made a registered national historic landmark in 1963. He warns don giovanni that he wont be laughing anymore after the mornings sunrise. Anna bolena synopsis the story of donizettis opera. The operas subject is don juan, the notorious libertine of fiction, and his eventual descent into hell. It is the depth of the psychological drama on top of the familiar story and exquisite music that comes across in this production. The story of don giovanni was originally a well known folk tale, but many stage works had been produced on the don giovanni theme by the time mozart and da ponte started work on their opera. The revelations of don giovanni at the met the new yorker. Legendary libertine don giovanni is skilled in seduction yet lacks a moral compass, thoughtlessly moving from conquest to conquest, even murdering without remorse.
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