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Don Giovanni: Act 1

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Act 1 of Mozart's opera from this year's Aix-en-Provence Festival
Orchestre de Paris
Conducted by Georges Semkow
Introduced by Antony Hopkins
Sung in Italian with English sub-titles by Julian Budden
Recording made available by courtesy of the French Television Service
Act 2: next Sunday
See page 31
(Colour)
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For the Deaf
Synopses are now available for these forthcoming plays on BBC-1: for adults, The Expert (August 29); Z Cars (August 25 and 26; September 1 and 2; 8 and 9); Counterstrike (September 9); and for children, Dombey and Son (August 17-September 21); The White Horses (August 28-September 11); Circus Boy (August 26); A Handful of Thieves (August 22). Write to R.N.I.D., [address removed].

Contributors

Libretto:
Lorenzo da Ponte
Musicians:
Orchestre de Paris
Orchestra conducted by:
Georges Semkow
Scenery and costumes:
A. M. Cassandre
Production:
Jean Meyer
Television direction:
Roger Benamou
Presenter:
Antony Hopkins
English subtitles:
Julian Budden
Don Giovanni, a licentious young nobleman:
Roger Soyer
Leporello, his servant:
Donald Gramm
Donna Anna, daughter of the Commendatore and betrothed to Don Ottavio:
Teresa Stich-Randall
Don Ottavio:
Werner Khenn
The Commendatore:
Pierre Thau
Donna Elvira, a lady of Burgos, deserted by Don:
Elizabeth Harwood
Zerlina, a country girl:
Ana-Maria Miranda
Masetto, her fiance:
Neil Howlett

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