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Don Giovanni (1977)

Genre : Music

Runtime : 2H 54M

Director : Peter Hall

Synopsis

Since its debut in 1934 the Glyndebourne Festival has put a focus on Mozart operas and developed a great competence in staging them. Mozart s operas seem to be made for the small but fine opera house in Glyndebourne and it's not surprising that the 1977 Don Giovanni, one of Mozart's great masterpieces, was a huge success. This production is conducted by Bernard Haitink, who holds the opinion, that no other composer had more opera in his blood than Mozart. It has been proven, for example, that Mozart had no overture for Don Giovanni until the evening before the premiere in Prague and wrote it down in just one night. Like the premiere's success of the opera in Prague in 1787 the Glyndebourne's version staged by Peter Hall was praised by audience and critics alike: We witness a lively and wide-awake ensemble piece that has easily survived all these decades, and still manages to teach many directors the art of playing theatre.

Actors

Benjamin Luxon
Benjamin Luxon
Don Giovanni (bariton)
Pierre Thau
Pierre Thau
Commendatore (bass)
Horiana Brănișteanu
Horiana Brănișteanu
Donna Anna (soprano)
Leo Goeke
Leo Goeke
Don Ottavio (tenor)
Rachel Yakar
Rachel Yakar
Donna Elvira (soprano)
Stafford Dean
Stafford Dean
Leporello (bass)
John Rawnsley
John Rawnsley
Masetto (bass)
Elizabeth Gale
Elizabeth Gale
Zerlina (soprano)

Crews

Bernard Haitink
Bernard Haitink
Conductor
Peter Hall
Peter Hall
Director
Pauline Grant
Pauline Grant
Choreographer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Original Music Composer