Don Giovanni

Synopsis

Live performance from Cologne Opera. Conlon conducts a skittishly dynamic performance of Don Giovanni. He relies on Thomas Allen’s tough Don to give the work much of its dark menace and on Holle’s terrifying Commendatore to provide the moral outrage – his job is to keep things moving, and he does. The exteriors – blank city spaces reminiscent of the paintings of Giorgio De Chirico – and moodily claustrophobic interiors mirror effectively the anguish of the orphaned Anna and the abandoned Elvira; this is a performance in which the two women victims of the Don function effectively as correctives to his libertine charm. Andrea Rost as Zerlina brings real delicacy to her role, reminding us that “La ci darem la mano” is a duet about her flirtation with Don Giovanni and not just a famous stand-alone moment. This is an admirable presentation of a fine performance.

Main Cast

Thomas Allen

Don Giovanni

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Carolyn James

Donna Anna

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Carol Vaness

Donna Elvira

Age : 72 | Popularity : 4%

Ferruccio Furlanetto

Leporello

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Kjell Magnus Sandvé

Don Ottavio

Age : 65 | Popularity : 1%

Andrea Rost

Zerlina

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Reinhard Dorn

Masetto

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Matthias Hölle

Comtur

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Michael Hampe José Montes-Baquer
Sound	Original Music Composer	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	Conductor	James Conlon
Writing	Writer	Lorenzo da Ponte
Art	Set Designer	Michael Hampe
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