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Mozart's Don Giovanni

13/07/2015

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Mozart's Don Giovanni

Mozart's Don Giovanni in a performance given at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, a performance of Mozart's comic opera Don Giovanni. With Christopher Maltman in the title role and Alex Esposito as Leporello.

Don Giovanni - seducer and charmer, ruthless and vengeful - recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in the first revival of a recent production by Kasper Holten. This the blackest of black comedies is enveloped by Mozart's ravishing music. The opera was first staged in 1787 and rapidly became one of the most popular in Europe. It is Mozart's second collaboration with the librettist Lorenzo da Ponte.

The plot is based on the classic Don Juan story of seduction, class division and eventual descent in hell.

The impulsive Don Giovanni travels through Europe seducing women, accompanied by his servant, Leporello. But when he commits murder, Don Giovanni unleashes a dark power beyond his control. He continues to seduce and betray but, haunted by the ghost of the murdered man, he invites him to dinner. The ghost urges him to repent - but Don Giovanni will not...

Presented by Andrew McGregor, including interviews with the conductor, director and a cast of principal singers which includes Christopher Maltman, Alex Esposito, Albina Shagimuratova, Rolando Villazón and Dorothea Röschmann. 


Don Giovanni.....Christopher Maltman (Baritone)
Leporello.....Alex Esposito (Bass)
Donna Anna.....Albina Shagimuratova (Soprano)
Don Ottavio.....Rolando Villazon (Tenor)
Donna Elvira.....Dorothea Röschmann (Soprano)
Zerlina.....Julia Lezhneva (Soprano)
Masetto.....Nahuel di Pierro (Bass)
Commendatore.....Eric Halfvarson (Bass)
Royal Opera House Chorus
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Alain Altinoglu (Conductor).

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