It features nicolas cavallier as don giovanni, erin wall as donna anna, elizabeth caballero as. Opera fans can find comfort and connection with opera is on, san francisco operas new online project. Urban dictionary and our advertising partners set cookies on your computer to improve our site and the advertisements you see. Don giovanni is about a libertine and murderer who refuses to repent when given the chance. Every director must make decisions as to emphasis and tone, and justin ways production for pittsburgh opera seen nov. Lucas meachem as don giovanni, angela meade as donna anna, nicole cabell, as donna elvira. Cincinnati opera presents don giovanni trailer youtube. Marvelous things overheard 20, which was selected by both the new yorker and the boston globe as a best book of 20. Don giovanni cemetery walk for immediate release october 11, 2012 contact. Shoulder season 2010, a finalist for the william carlos williams award. The opera was first performed at the national theatre in prague on 29 october 1787.
Mozarts smart and otherworldly take on don juan explores the darker side, delivering a brilliant flirtation between comedy and tragedy, lust and logic, pleasure. Don giovanni simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The ensemble performs three main productions at ubc every season. June 2019, is the perfect time to experience the operas in sdos 201819 season. But until hes finally dragged, unrepentant, to hell for his sins and misdeeds, the charismatic don giovanni cuts quite a figure indeed. This month, the adler fellows share their daily odes to joy. Hermiston was made an officer of the order of canada in december 20. Visit sf operas website and social media pages for the latest from the company some things don t change. It is based on the legends of don juan, a fictional libertine and seducer, by spanish. The election of a new pope is about to take place and giovanni sends his sons cosimo and lorenzo to rome in order to encourage the election of a pope. His catalogue of sexual conquests is a vain attempt to escape his own. Stream a concert from the archives every tuesday, beginning at. In don giovanni, wolfgang amadeus and lorenzo da ponte created operas most famous antihero. He has a plan to increase his family power by making an agreement with the church of rome.
Don giovanni, madama butterfly and more continue cape town. Don ottavio produces a pistol and points it at don giovanni, and the three guests unmask and declare that they know all. Ubc opera presents don giovanni by ubc opera ensemble issuu. Lorraine hunt lieberson was born on march 1, 1954 in san francisco, california, usa as lorraine hunt. Don giovanni, madama butterfly and more continue cape. Opera colorados 30th season will feature the return of two audience pleasers, plus the ambitious professional premiere of the scarlet letter. In the season of the virus, the online concert comes of. The sets and costumes were based on those designed by nicholas muni and david burdick for cincinnatis 2004 production of the opera.
Pittsburgh opera and venture outdoors collaborate in don giovanni cemetery walk, october 21. Pittsburgh don giovanni pittsburgh opera 11 3 12 m ozarts don giovanni is an amalgam of the comic and the serious. However the 20 pocket opera season continues, so you can still see an opera a month, april through july. The stage was raked and built up sufficiently to house a dozen or so trapdoors, through which characters could enter, exit and. Cincinnati don giovanni cincinnati opera 6 c incinnati opera opened its ninetythird season on june with an accomplished if somewhat uneven.
Ange mlinko was born in philadelphia and earned her ba from st. Mozarts don giovanni is back on the met stage for the 201819 season, beginning january 30, in michael grandages elegant production. Composer wolfgang amadeus mozart libretto by lorenzo da ponte in italian with german surtitles. One of the early performances included in the series was this 1978 performance of mozarts classic black comedy don giovanni, starring celebrated bassbaritone james morris as the title seducera role that he would go on to sing 42 times with the company.
Vashon operas sixth season kicks off in september with mozarts don giovanni, considered. Vashon high school theatre 20120 vashon highway sw, vashon sung in italian with english supertitles approximate running time. Leporello invites three masked guests to the party. Terfel was initially associated with the roles of mozart, particularly figaro and don giovanni, but has subsequently shifted his attention to heavier roles, especially those by puccini and wagner. Don giovanni stylized by both his contemporaries and posterity in every nuance between admiration and condemnation. With joseph gordonlevitt, scarlett johansson, julianne moore, tony danza. Its completely inappropriate, and there will be hell to pay. Don giovanni is coproduced with clos resident orchestra, the cvco, and will be premiered at trinityonmain arts center, new britain on may 3 at 7. Dashing peter mattei is the enticing don and ferruccio furlanetto his longsuffering servant. Focusing on the power of the creative imagination, the acclaimed production is back again and will star the enigmatic christopher maltman in. Prague italian opera at the teatro di praga, october 29, 1787. Don giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by wolfgang amadeus mozart and italian.
Don giovanni sung in italian with english surtitles opera in two acts. But when the legendary playboy goes too far, his appetite for seduction could bring his downfall. Bell, director of marketing and communications office. Don giovanni jeremie rhorer, philippe sly, julie fuchs. Clair dg, valerian ruminski il comm and taras kulish leporello. From oldschool legends to todays great stars, experience more than 700 fulllength met performances with our online streaming service. He offers giovanni one last chance to repent for his multitudinious improprieties. This role has been followed by, among others the title role in mozarts don giovanni in 2003 and figaro in rossinis the barber of seville in 2006. Don giovanni, the infamous womanizer, makes one conquest after another until the ghost of donna annas father, the commendatore, whom giovanni killed makes his appearance. Don giovanni is cast as an artist who seduces an endless stream of women through his ability to create wonderful illusions. The sure sellers on the 20 line up, announced this week, are charles gounods romeo and juliet feb. With mariusz kwiecien, fabio luisi, renee fleming, marina rebeka. Don giovanni is a serial seducer, a flagrant hedonist with an outsized ego to match.
She died on july 3, 2006 in santa fe, new mexico, usa. The commendatore appears at the dinner of don giovanni to drag him into hell. Barron will debut with the metropolitan opera in shostakovichs the nose, and will return to opera philadelphia as leporello in don giovanni and pittsburgh opera as the speaker in the magic flute and the. Harry potter season 18 complete collection dvd, 2011, 8. Unable to recognise her assailant of the night before, donna anna appeals to don giovanni for aid in hunting down her fathers killer. Don giovanni 3 cd by wolfgang amadeus mozart audio cd. Il dissoluto punito, ossia il don giovanni, literally the rake punished, namely don giovanni or the libertine punished is an opera in two acts with music by wolfgang amadeus mozart and italian libretto by lorenzo da ponte. The story of don juan set to music by mozart in 1787. With balthasarneumannchor, balthasarneumannensemble, charles castronovo, katija dragojevic. It is about the character better known as don juan.
Don giovanni angrily makes after them but is distracted by the arrival of donna anna and don ottavio, both in mourning. A performance of operas in san diego operas season will be broadcast on kpbs. Presented by cape town opera in collaboration with the uct opera school at the baxter theatre nightly from 20 august to 24 august 20, don giovanni is an enthralling blend of comedy and drama. The nobleman don giovanni has apparently lost all his manners. Cincinnati opera opens its 20 season with mozarts thrilling don giovanni. Barbara frittoli, marina rebeka, ramon vargas, mariusz kwiecien, luca pisaroni, and others. Ottawa lyric opera fall 2007 with aaron nicholson st. Download the new ipad app to watch on your tv with apple tv via airplay.