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Tag Archives: Don Giovanni
A rake’s progress: Mozart’s Don Giovanni let loose in Aix
Mozart: Don Giovanni ***** Théâtre de l’Archevêché, Aix-en-Provence Less than 24 hours after Stravinsky’s Rake bounded his way across the stage of the Théâtre de l’Archevêché, it was the turn of Mozart’s Don Giovanni (whose complete title is The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni) to face … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandre de Dardel, Cercle de l'Harmonie, David Leigh, Don Giovanni, Eleonora Buratto, English Voices, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Isabel Leonard, Jean-François Sivadier, Jérémie Rhorer, Julie Fuchs, Krzysztof Bączyk, Mozart, Nahuel di Pierro, Pavol Breslik, Philippe Sly, Virginie Gervaise
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Don Giovanni all at sea at Opera Holland Park
Mozart: Don Giovanni ** Opera Holland Park, 3rd June 2017 This production opens like the perfect whodunnit. Passengers embark with their luggage aboard an ocean liner for a transatlantic cruise, busily locating their cabins. Within moments there’s an attempted rape, … Continue reading
No brimstone as Kasper Holten turns Don Giovanni on its head
Mozart: Don Giovanni **** The Royal Opera, 12th February 2014 Jean-Paul Sartre closes No Exit with the line, “Hell is other people” (“L’enfer, c’est les autres”), yet in Kasper Holten’s new production of Don Giovanni, Hell is quite the opposite … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Esposito, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Anja Vang Kragh, Antonio Poli, Dawid Kimberg, Don Giovanni, Elizabeth Watts, Es Devlin, Kasper Holten, Luke Hall, Malin Byström, Mariusz Kwiecien, Mozart, Nicola Luisotti, Paul Wingfield, Véronqiue Gens
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