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Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Dramma giocoso in two acts / Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte / In Italian with German and English Surtitles
Synopsis
It starts with a murder. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart opens his opera with a bang, thus creating an ingenious impetus to the story of an exceptional and erotic figure: Don Giovanni. He seduces, he collects, he takes possession... no woman can escape Don Giovanni, whose sole aim is to satisfy his desire of the moment. This man lives only in the Here and Now. Should he wish to seduce a woman, any method will do. The well-known Leporello glossary tells of the conquests of the master; it is long and bears witness to an obsessive compulsion. The course of the plot thus reveals a fearless libertine intent on adding further names to his list. He scorns all dangers and ruthlessly takes what he wants with no thought or fear. It is precisely this fascination for a completely free Eros figure which makes »Don Giovanni» so attractive even to the present day.
Grappling with the works of one of the most famous sons of the city is a perennial task of the Salzburg Landestheater: every season Mozart accounts for a significant part of the program. The 2015/2016 program includes a new edition of »Don Giovanni« (the Jacopo Spirei production of 2011), which impresses not only by its courageous and unusual interpretation, but also through a totally convincing concept. »Don Giovanni« won the Award for the 2010/2011 season for outstanding musical and theatrical production.
(Translated from the German by Mike Mackenzie-Smith)
Duration: approx. 3 hours 15 mins / one intermission
Reviews
»Das hat sich gelohnt, denn es gelingt der Intendanz, diese Oper fast völlig neu und ebenso bemerkenswert gut zu besetzen. […] Ein Sonderlob dem Orchester und dem sensiblen Dirigenten Adrian Kelly. Allein die Feinheiten in der Ouvertüre erfreuen. […] Ein Sonderlob der hohen Musikalität des Chores des Salzburger Landestheaters unter Stefan Müller, der auch den darstellerischen Anforderungen, ebenso wie die Statisten, sehr wohl gewachsen war (Ballszene!). Bravo Maria Gruber, eine Choreografin von Format! Die Solisten glänzen. […] Ein beachtlicher, erlebnisreicher Abend […].«
Cast
Musical Direction
Adrian Kelly
Director
Jacopo Spirei
Stage and Costume Design
Bettina Richter
Chorus
Stefan Müller
Dramaturgy
Katrin König
Don Giovanni
Simon Schnorr
Il Commendatore
James Moellenhoff
Donna Anna
Lavinia Bini
Don Ottavio
Kristofer Lundin
Donna Elvira
Tamara Gura
Rowan Hellier
Leporello
Florian Plock
Masetto
Raimundas Juzuitis
Elliott Carlton Hines
Zerlina
Hannah Bradbury
Orchestra
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
Chor Chor des Salzburger Landestheaters