Willi domgraffassbaender lead vocals, bassbaritone, aulikki rautawaara soprano, audrey mildmay soprano, lead vocals, roy henderson lead vocals, constance willis lead vocals, mezzosoprano, morgan jones lead vocals, heddle nash lead vocals, vocals, tenor, norman allin lead vocals, john. The glyndebourne festival continues until august 27. If you have not previously logged into your account. In what seems to have been a bumper year for don giovanni this year, the glyndebourne tour opted to revive jonathan kents 2010 production for the festival to run alongside madama butterfly. Deh, vieni alla finestra oh, come to the window glyndebourne youtube peter mattei sings deh, vieni alla finestra don giovanni, w. At the end of each line you find more information about the music of that specific performer. If you have registered your email address with us please log in to access the online booking form. Download our free digital guide to glyndebournes 2014. Don giovanni, even more than le nozze di figaro and cosi fan tutte, the other two darkshaded opere buffe by mozart and da ponte, slinks restlessly between comedy and tragedy. It all began with a love story in 1934, when founder john christie met soprano audrey mildmay. Here we have collected some of the most memorable mozart performances of. Click on the button to go to the page where you can download the music at the end of each line you find more information about the music of that specific performer. It is the composers most overtly sexual opera, and tells the story of a compulsive seducer, who schemes, lies and murders to gratify his lust, before being dragged off to hell.
By the end of the evening, so he brags to his sidekick, he is going to nail another ten. Eugene onegin and don giovanni at glyndebourne festival opera. Arrangements of operas for wind ensemble were fairly common in the classical era. If there is one opera that is a graveyard for producers, it is don giovanni. Transgender baritone makes us debut in don giovanni classic fm. Glyndebourne tour 2016 brochure by glyndebourne opera. It stars gerald finley, one of the worlds leading baritones, in the title. Don giovanni, glyndebourne 1954 georg solti on allmusic 2017. Kents adaptation of mozarts don giovanni and nicholas hytners take on melodramatic. Don giovanni, glyndebourne festival opera the independent. Jonathan kents production of mozarts don giovanni was one of the highlights of the 2010 glyndebourne festival season. Festival music director vladimir jurowski leads the orchestra of the age of enlightenment and the glyndebourne chorus in this amazing production of don giovanni at glyndebourne.
Glyndebourne tour 2016 brochure by glyndebourne opera house. Tchaikovskys womaniser is a triumph of quality singing and perfect casting while fellow cad, don giovanni, turns outandout bounder. Mozarts don giovanni glyndebourne on tour lewes, east sussex until november 4, then touring tickets. It ran for 18 performances at the following venues. Click on the button to go to the page where you can download the music. A drab don giovanni from the glyndebourne tour by bachtrack. Two 1950s mozarts in one weekend might seem like pressing the contemporaneity of great art unnecessarily far. May 23, 2011 jonathan kent sees the prime challenge of don giovanni as being to find a way to give its hero a life, since his mix of charm and demonic psychopathy is entirely unexplained. Glyndebourne is an opera house in the heart of the sussex countryside. Kate royal, singing donna elvira, is joined by gerald finley in the title role, luca pisaronis leporello, and russian soprano anna samuil in her uk opera debut as. Champagne aria welcome to the daily download, a handpicked, free, downloadable piece of classical music available every weekday. Brindley sherratt, gerald finley and luca pisaroni perform the famous commendatore scene from mozarts don giovanni. In fact, the production i saw was the 427th time it has been performed there. They served the purposes of advertising the music before the premiere, or making it available to players and patrons for private performances thereafter.
After giovanni and leporello flee, anna and her fiance, don ottavio, swear vengeance upon the commendatores mysterious killer. Don giovanni glyndebourne touring opera, pablo gonzalez glyndebourne, lewis. The first of two performances i saw at glyndebourne this year was mozarts don giovanni. Glyndebourne is an internationally renowned opera house in southern england, famed for its annual summer festival as well as an accessible touring company that visits. And before the music even begins, deborah warners glyndebourne staging further developed. Champagne aria, performed by nicolaus esterhazy sinfonia. The directors idea for the current glyndebourne staging of don giovanni a.
Gilles cachemille has at one at the same time a raffish charm and a. In the thundering opening chords, mozart gives early warning of the abyss that will engulf the don. The centrepiece is a revolving cube that offers alternatively such locations as the corner of a building, the inside of don giovannis palazzo and the graveyard. Support all your favorite composers, classic and contemporary. Jul 05, 2010 glyndebourne opera housea lack of dramatic spark turns this production of don giovanni into an evening of bland neutrality, writes andrew clements. The cookie settings on this website are set to allow all cookies. Deborah warners 1995 production of don giovanni for glyndebourne is characterised by a central portrayal of the don as at once evil and sexually magnetic. John brownlee don giovanni salvatore baccalonileporello ina souez donna anna louise helletsgruberdonna. Jun 10, 2014 if there is one opera that is a graveyard for producers, it is don giovanni. Glyndebourne is now one of the finest and most celebrated opera houses in the world, delivering performances to some 150,000 people across a summer festival and an autumn tour. Oct 30, 2016 mozarts don giovanni glyndebourne on tour lewes, east sussex until november 4, then touring tickets. Glyndebourne is an international opera house renowned for the glyndebourne festival held each summer and our tour which travels to venues across the uk in th. Find out more about glyndebourne tour 2016, which features puccinis madama butterfly, mozarts don giovanni and a special event, don giovanni.
Like others before it, glyndebournes recent production by jonathan kent, first seen in 2010, gets so tangled up with. Create a soundcloud account sign in conductor robin ticciati talks to james whitbourn about mozarts don giovanni, revived at glyndebourne in 2011 and 2014. Lucia lucas makes her debut in don giovanni at tulsa opera tonight. Bring don giovanni to life in the classroom with our teaching resources for key stages 3 to 4, with lessons for english, art and design and music. Classical music reference recording 160,718 views 2. A drab don giovanni from the glyndebourne tour by dominic lowe, 17 october 2016 in what seems to have been a bumper year for don giovanni this year, the glyndebourne tour opted to revive jonathan kents 2010 production for the festival to run alongside madama butterfly. Glyndebourne cancels 2020 festival, but were working with them to. Glyndebourne opera housea lack of dramatic spark turns this production of don giovanni into an evening of bland neutrality, writes andrew clements. Follow us on twitter follow us on youtube follow us on facebook follow us on instagram. Buy the dvd here mozartamadeuswolfgangdongiovannidvd2010.
The london philharmonic orchestra accompanied the production conducted by andres orozcoestrada, who will become the orchestras principal guest conductor. Jonathan kents sleek, suspenseful production, first seen in the. Follow glyndebourne opera and others on soundcloud. Why mozarts devilishly dark don giovanni is bound to seduce you. Buy tickets for the semifinal and final of our international singing competition.
True, the dramatis personae might have wandered in from a fellini film set vintage 1960, with giovanni recast as marcello. May 23, 2011 but jonathan kents glyndebourne don giovanni, revived on sunday, is a much less crude update than the wno cosi. His wellknown masterworks figaro, don giovanni and cosi fan tutte, composed between 1786 and 1790 continue to delight audiences centuries after they were. Don giovanni and cosi fan tutte will also be available to watch on classic fms facebook. It seems the don isnt a stranger to glyndebourne, given that it was first perfumed there in 1936.
Jonathan kent sees the prime challenge of don giovanni as being to find a way to give its hero a life, since his mix of charm and demonic psychopathy is. Giovanni and leporello overhear the lament of an abandoned woman. Watch the video for don giovanni from wolfgang amadeus mozarts the very best of mozart for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Deborah warners glyndebourne production of mozarts opera sets the protagonists in 20th century dress. Jonathan kents sleek, suspenseful production, first seen in the 2010 glyndebourne festival, captures this duality. Like others before it, glyndebournes recent production by jonathan kent, first seen in. You can see more clips from don giovanni on our youtube channel. Autumn performances at glyndebourne and across the country.
Jonathan kents don giovanni returns to glyndebourne by. Dig out your favourite picnic basket, don your best outfit and pour the fizz glyndebourne is. Mozart don giovanni glyndebourne fritz busch 1936 youtube. L ike all productions of mozarts don giovanni, jonathan kents new at glyndebourne last year, and here revived by lloyd wood has to negotiate a coherent path through a piece the composer. Review of don giovanni, glyndebourne the independent. The premiere of don giovanni took place to great public and critical acclaim in prague on october 29, 1787. Don giovanni podcast by glyndebourneopera glyndebourne. Don giovanni, glyndebourne festival opera the arts desk. Whether it was sensible to pick this revival of jonathan kents staging of don giovanni. Its the sort of opera that should raise you from your seat that should fire and inspire but this performance, directed by jonathan kent, never truly got off. Glyndebourne has a long association with mozart the first opera performed in the old theatre was le nozze di figaro.
Get a free mp3 of wolfgang amadeus mozart don giovanni. Glyndebournes don giovanni bill cooper it seems somehow wrong to come away from a don giovanni feeling a bit noncommittal about the whole thing. Recorded at glyndebourne s superb new opera house, deborah warners enthralling production of don giovanni sets mozarts fiery opera in modern dress in the 20th century. See and hear extracts of operas and behindthescenes footage from glyndebourne opera house. The glyndebourne opera festival was established in 1934 and has produced. You can watch on our youtube channel or on our website via this page. A beautiful array of gifts for her, for him, for children and for the house and garden. Jonathan kent claims one of the great difficulties of mozartda pontes 1787 dramma giocoso is the collision of an extraordinary variety of music and mood within it the kaleidoscopic interplay of opera seria and opera buffa. Awakened by the commotion, the commendatore challenges giovanni to a duel, which ends in the old mans death. The very best of glyndebourne on record warner classics.
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