| Don Giovanni |
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| Cast |
| Production - SFO & Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie (Brussels) |
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| Don Giovanni sung by Mariusz Kwiecien - baritone |
| Don Pedro, The Commendatore sung by Kristinn Sigmundsson - bass |
| Donna Anna sung by Elza van den Heever - soprano (Replaced Hope Briggs/ Bio) |
| Don Ottavio sung by Charles Castronovo - tenor |
| Donna Elvira sung by Twyla Robinson - soprano |
| Conductor - Donald Runnicles/ Donato Cabrera (6/28) |
| Director/ Choreographer - Leah Hausman* |
| Production Designer - John Macfarlane |
| Lighting - Jennifer Tipton |
| Leporello sung by Oren Gradus - bass-baritone |
| Masetto sung by Luca Pisaroni* - bass |
| Zerlina sung by Claudia Mahnke - mezzo-soprano |
| Chorus Director - Ian Robertson |
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| Production - David MacVicar |
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| For the end of the year, La Monnaie programmed Don Giovanni in a new production by David McVicar. ..David McVicar concentrates on the darker side of the opera, almost completely neglecting the 'giocoso' elements. From the front, the stage looks like a mass grave with skeletons and skulls. It is in this mass grave that Don Giovanni's body is dumped after the Angel of Death has taken his soul -.. In general, McVicar follows the libretto very well, but with some additional action such as the violent killing of the Commendatore and the appearance of the funeral procession during 'Or sai chi l'onore' and Don Giovanni performing a blasphemous consecration moments before he is killed./ Review - Letter from Brussels |
| David McVicar's 2003 production of "Don Giovanni", presented at the Theatre Royal de la Monniae in Brussels, was co-produced with the San Francisco Opera, with commitments to be produced also at the Luxembourg and Lille opera companies. The production explores what McVicar sees as the dark side of the opera./ Opera Warhorses |
| Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
Approximate Running Time: 3 hours, 30 minutes Sung in Italian with English Supertitles |
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| Masetto's brother sung by Phillip Pickens - |
| Asst. Stage Director - Jose Maria Condemi |
| On Wednesday, sitting in the last row of the balcony during a dress rehearsal of Mozart's "Don Giovanni,'' you could read the anguish on the face of Donna Anna as she finds her beloved father, just murdered by the masked Giovanni, lying dead at center stage. A crisp close-up of her pained visage filled a pair of video screens hanging from the balcony ceiling./ Story |
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| Brussels set below - SF Opera set on right: Wedding Scene of First Act. |
| In his final appearance as the petrified Commendatore, Reinhard Hagen helped bring the opera to a memorable conclusion. When was the last time you've seen the chorus of demons come up from Hell and drag the Don down into the flames?/ Review |
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| In front of the drop, distant architectural forms grow larger during the course of the opera and resolve themselves as tombs in the graveyard scene./SFCV |