19 Sep 1984
Amadeus
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni (2008) Royal Opera. Mozart / Italian
DON GIOVANNI is one of the timeless classics of all opera. Mozart’s music, and the words of his great collaborator Da Ponte, are brought to life in Francesca Zambello’s engrossing production with its rich and colourful designs by Maria Bjornson. The music is memorable, dramatic and enjoyable: from the seductive solo voices of the famous ‘La ci darem la mano’ to the fabulous ensemble as Don Giovanni’s infatuated conquests, vengeful victims and their outraged relatives join forces for justice. And retribution does finally come to Don Giovanni, a serial womanizer and a murderer, with the searing flames of Hell ready to engulf him. Simon Keenlyside heads the outstanding cast at the Covent Garden Royal Opera House, conducted by renowned Mozart expert Charles Mackerras.
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Simon Keenlyside Don Giovanni
Kyle Ketelsen Leporello
Marina Poplavskaya Donna Anna
Ramón Vargas Don Ottavio
Joyce DiDonato Donna Elvira
Miah Persson Zerlina
Robert Gleadow Masetto
Eric Halfvarson Commendatore
Chorus of the Royal Opera House Self - Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Self - Orchestra
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