Malin Byström

Tosca is a melodrama of love, betrayal and death set in the revolutionary unrest of 1800. The story concerns the opera singer Floria Tosca who tries to save her lover, the painter Mario Cavaradossi, from the brutal chief of police, Scarpia. Through-composed and expertly orchestrated it contains some of Puccini’s best-known lyrical arias and remains one of his most performed operas. In this 2022 production, an eminent cast is directed by the acclaimed Australian director Barrie Kosky

Peter Mattei, Malin Byström, Andrew Staples and other world-famous soloists join the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and members of the Swedish Radio Choir in Berwaldhallen in this unique staging of Mozart’s famous opera. Don Giovanni is a beloved staple of the operatic repertoire that has inspired generations of composers, writers and philosophers. The opera’s light-hearted elements are tempered by sorrow, drama and – in the unforgettable finale – supernatural horror.

El eterno seductor vuelve a deslumbrarnos en la imponente tragicomedia de Mozart. Don Giovanni es la ópera en dos actos creada por Wolfang Amadeus Mozart y el libretista Lorenzo da Ponte estrenada en 1787. En ella se reescribe la obra literaria de Don Juan Tenorio, el arquetipo de hombre seductor y libertino, convertida en esta ocasión en una ópera dramática de connotaciones cómicas. Esta producción de Kasper Holten de 2014 para The Royal Opera, presenta a Don Giovanni como un joven artista que prospera en su sociedad. La espectacularidad en la escena es el resultado de la suma de los diseños de Es Devlin junto con los videos de Luke Halls, que nos transportan al mundo de las emociones acompañando a la maravillosa partitura de Mozart.

Esta ópera es muy oportuna dada su ubicación en la Europa feudal antes de la Revolución Francesa, donde el crimen cometido por los ricos y poderosos quede impune. Don Giovanni, a Lech notorio y violador, intenta llevar fuera de la virginal Donna Anna en contra de su voluntad, y mata a su anciano padre a sangre fría después de que él está atrapado. Sin embargo, Giovanni se escapa con su identidad oculta por una máscara, y Donna Anna se llena con un ansia de venganza contra el atacante enmascarado, e incluso rechaza los avances de la clase Ottavio que realmente se preocupa por ella.

New production. Recorded live at Royal Opera House, July, 05, 2015.

The impulsive and charismatic Don Giovanni travels through Europe seducing women, accompanied by his long-suffering servant Leporello. But when Don Giovanni commits murder, he unleashes a dark power beyond his control. Kasper Holten’s production is rich in both colourful comedy and exhilarating drama. Set designs by Es Devlin (Les Troyens) and costume designs by Anja Vang Kragh (Stella McCartney, John Galliano for Christian Dior), with video projections by Luke Halls and choreography by Signe Fabricius, portray the visually entrancing world of Don Giovanni. At the heart of the production are the beauty and invention of Mozart’s dazzling score, which ranges from gorgeous arias and dramatic duets to the brilliant layering of dance melodies that bring Act I to a virtuoso close.

Live performance filmed at the Innsbrucker Festwochen on 6 October 2006 at the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Don Giovanni. Marcos Fink, Werner Güra and Alexandrina Pendatchanska perform as the principals, while the Freiburger Barockorchester and the Innsbruck Festival Chorus provide accompaniment. Georg Wübbolt directs.