Mozart Don Giovanni

Product Description The first of the triumvirate of Mozarts last three superlative operas Cosi fan Tutte (1790) and Die Zauberflöte (1791) being the others Don Giovanni (1787) tells the tale of this legendary womanizer, already a cautionary tale of considerable merit, with the added power and weight of a brilliant musical setting by one of mankinds greatest musical geniuses and a stunningly effective libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. This tragicomedy of the highest order cries out for the finest musical forces, voices and staging to be truly overwhelming and meaningful. The cast for this production includes Ildebrando D´Arcangelo (doesnt do Don Giovanni; he is the Don. Unsurpassable 24 Ore) and Carmela Remigio (an exceptionally passionate and tender Donna Elvira. (La Stampa) With direction from Riccardo Frizza and one of Italys finest stage and set designers on hand in veteran Pier Luigi Pizzi, the course is set for a staggering night at the opera. Review "...here we have a DVD from a small town in central Italy, Macerata, which most of you I daresay never heard of, produced on a limited budget; an elegant, rapt and joyful reading that puts those grandiose, star-studded productions to shame." --Janos Gardonyi, Wholenote, November "In contract to Holten's humorless, psychological staging Pizzi's intimate version exudes sexual ease and playful movement, executed in a realistic rococo style. The small, bare stage, dominated by a bed, lends the show an improvisatory feel, as if a wandering troupe had just dropped in to put on a morality play. In fact, without the sound, the almost looks like straight theater, so fine are Pizzi's performers and Riccardo Frizza's supple musical leadership." --Opera News, February 2015