I first encountered it in a theater, then purchased the vhs tape. It is an adaptation of mozarts classic opera don giovanni, based on the don juan legend. It is an adaptation of the mozart opera don giovanni. After a year the opera was staged in vienna at the express request of joseph ii who never got to see the. Don giovanni brushes them off and tells leporello that he tried to seduce one of leporellos past girlfriends. Demetrius, a midsummer nights dream tokyo new national theatre. Don giovannis special amalgam of dark drama and sparkling comedy is captured with startling immediacy by carlo maria giulini.
Kaufen sie mozart, wolfgang amadeus don giovanni gunstig ein. Through the lens, felsenstein made this work come alive to reveal the various personal relationships at. The viennese baritone eberhard wachter faces a particularly formidable pair of noble ladies. Don giovanni leaves a trail of broken hearts, and worse, wherever he goes. The film has generally been praised as one of the finer adaptations of opera to the big screen. The opera s subject is don juan, the notorious libertine of fiction, and his eventual descent into hell. The operas subject is don juan, the notorious libertine of fiction, and his eventual descent into hell.
This don giovanni is extraordinary, unmissable, and unsurpassed as a film production of any opera. Loseys film and the metropolitan operas production. San diego opera opened don giovanni over the weekend. He warns don giovanni that he wont be laughing anymore after the mornings sunrise.
I have the original 1979 vhs, with english subtitles, but i havent yet compared them. The utterly amazing mozart opera, set in modern harlem. Kasper holtens 2014 production for the royal opera casts don giovanni as an artist who thrives on an audience enticed by his creative gifts. Don giovanni is an example of opera buffa, or comic opera, a genre that was popular during the enlightenment. Perfectly situated, as no other opera, between tragedy and comedy, this potent drama combines glorious music with a seductive central character who is endlessly fascinating in his complexity.
Don giovanni, opera in two acts by wolfgang amadeus mozart italian libretto by lorenzo da ponte that premiered on october 29, 1787. Don giovanni is a 1979 frenchitalian film directed by joseph losey. Just about the most blisteringly exciting moment in all of opera. Dec 30, 2016 get a free mp3 of wolfgang amadeus mozart don giovanni. The screenplay described this character as an observer whose presence must always be felt, the guardian in metaphysical terms of don giovanni s soul. For example 602 m128 means that this performer offers a mp3 file of 128kbps that takes 6 minutes and two seconds. Don giovanni k527, atto secondo, scena quinta, finale. Don giovanni is at the kennedy center opera house through october. He has his servant, the reluctant doormat leporello, keep a journal of don giovannis many romantic conquests. It is about the character better known as don juan. With herbert perry, eugene perry, dominique labelle, lorraine hunt lieberson. Don giovanni simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Don giovanni 1979 stream and watch online moviefone.
To make a movie based on an opera is a different thing from filming an opera on stage. If jacobs is hardly the first modern conductor to present the opera in its original colours, his don giovanni is among the liveliest and most enjoyable on offer. Dona ana reconhece don giovanni pela voz e quando o mesmo sai. Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the joseph loseydirected movie via subscription can be. At the end of each line you find more information about the music of that specific performer. Plays, operas, and even a ballet were produced on the theme by the time mozart and da ponte started work on their opera. Mozarts classic is performed often but this production aims for something both modern and rooted in the 18th century. Abbado brings out orchestral textures and colors that other conductors often overlook, but his tempo choices frequently feel slow, sapping important moments of their energy. You will find a lot more modern stagings of this great opera, stagings that are more hardedged, gritty, realistic, and much less florid than this one. It is an adaptation of mozarts classic opera don giovanni, based on the don juan legend of a seducer, destroyed by his excesses. Oct 08, 2012 like being walloped into submission with a big stick. Cinema and opera are 2 different forms of art each one with its specific.
Photo by cory weaver for lyric opera of kansas city. Don ottavio to don giovanni, pistol in hand don t try to trick us. As the list of people out to get him grows longer, eventually his misdeeds are bound to catch. What makes the commendatore scene from don giovanni so. The cast are sensationally good in an assured revival. Although it has many great moments, this don giovanni, pieced together from a run of live performances in january and february 1997, struggles to find its stride. Of the don giovannis ive seen, my favourites are the joseph losey film and the 1987 production with samuel ramey in the title role. Pittsburgh opera starts its 81st season with a mozart masterpiece. Bassbaritone eric owens on wotan, other roles, and his love of opera.
Full disclosure, ive sung the commendatore a lot in the last couple years, and i can safely say theres nothing that makes you feel more like a boss than s. Donna anna, donna elvira, don ottavio the villain thinks his trick will serve to hide his villainy. The new royal opera season begins with mozarts engaging masterpiece, which follows don giovanni, the women he serially seduces, and the vengeance that finally catches up with him. This don giovanni is not bad and is an improvement over the musically marvellous but visually neardisastrous tristan and isolde that started the 11th season of the interesting metropolitan opera hd live series. Mozarts opera don giovanni follows the adventures of the rougish, womanising giovanni, mixing comedy, tragedy and drama with the supernatural. Ennis del mar, brokeback mountain new york city opera. Mozarts famous opera, don giovanni, reflected his working class origins. Don ottavio to don giovanni, pistol in hand dont try to trick us. Find the metropolitan opera on facebook opens new window find the metropolitan opera on twitter opens new window find the metropolitan opera on instagram opens new window find the metropolitan opera on instagram opens new window.
You will find a lot more modern stagings of this great opera, stagings that are. Enjoy the movie and well return to our regular posting schedule tomorrow. The metropolitan opera presents don giovanni tv episode. Champagne aria, performed by nicolaus esterhazy sinfonia. Rent don giovanni 1979 starring edda moser and john macurdy on dvd and bluray. Juan, which is an abbreviated and updated version of mozarts don giovanni is directed by kasper holten, who is the new director of opera at the royal opera house covent garden. 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. Don giovanni libretto italianenglish opera by wolfgang. Don giovanni is for me a masterpiece when it comes to opera.
Don giovanni duncan rock and donna elvira jennifer cano in the boston lyric operas latest production. At the ball in the palace don giovanni takes zerlina into another room and when she screams pretends that leporello is guilty. A scene from don giovanni as performd at the kings. Palm beach opera presents mozarts iconic opera don giovanni through the modern lens of film noir in a stylistic production at kravis center for the performing arts for one weekend only, feb.
Then, with a great flash, the earth opens up beneath their feet and the statue pulls don giovanni with him to hell. Learn more about this opera, the plot and the characters in this. Ive been waiting for years for joseph loseys 1979 film of don giovanni to appear on bluray. Picturehouse cinemas are a group of 26 neighbourhood cinemas in the united kingdom, operated by picturehouse cinemas ltd. Karlye whitt, a tulsa opera young artist, captures the traumatized donna anna minutes after fending off don giovannis unwanted advances, she finds the murdered body of her father perfectly. Mozart don giovanni maazel, raimondi, te kanawa, paris opera. Find screenings of don giovanni 3 upcoming near you. It is, quite simply, beautiful stunningly filmed, magnificently sung, and visually sublime. Don giovanni kv527 is an opera by wolfgang amadeus mozart in two acts to a libretto by lorenzo da ponte the opera is on 14 october 1787 first performed in prague on the occasion of the wedding of a niece of emperor joseph ii, but the official premiere was on 29 october that same year. But giovanni s not about be put off on his seduction mission. For his new production of don giovanni, the royal opera houses kasper holten collaborated with a designer who turned u2.
Don giovanni by felsenstein is a filmed opera, rather than a feature film based on the opera, and reflects a particular staging of this masterpiece in opera history. The film was shot in the sovietcontrolled rosenhugel studios in vienna. Utilized twin brothers to sing leporello and giovanni. He offers giovanni one last chance to repent for his multitudinious improprieties. Palm beach opera presents film noirinspired don giovanni. The final notes of tulsa operas recent production of don giovanni may have sounded may 5, but the impact of this staging of mozarts greatest opera, which starred lucia lucas. The opera was first performed at the national theatre in prague on 29 october 1787. The film stars ruggero raimondi in the title role, and the conductor is lorin maazel. It has a compelling story, a very vivid and memorable titular character and some of mozarts best music particularly the commendatore scene. Fulllength operas on youtube stream your favorite operas. Not only has don giovanni escaped from his pursuers, but he has made leporello take his place and wear his costume, thus exposing him to the wrath of his enemies. Kaufen sie mozart, wolfgang amadeus don giovanni omu gunstig ein. William dazeley as don giovanni in alessandro talevis new staging for opera north.
An impressive beginning for gaumont italia, it was a luxurious masterpiece adapting mozarts opera but innovating the filmopera tradition by setting it in real locations carefully selected from the splendid palladian villas of veneto. Possibly the best dvd of don giovanni, although in this version the german subtitles sometimes seem to clash with the sung italian. Donna anna, donna elvira and don ottavio appear, masked, and are invited by leporello to join the celebration. The statue asks don giovanni to repent for his sins, but don giovanni refuses. This opera film features one character who does not appear in the original source wolfgang amadeus mozart don giovanni opera, a valet in black. Don giovanni glyndebourne opera kultur international films. Tulsa operas don giovanni continues to draw worldwide. Don ottavio, donna anna, donna elvira, masetto, and zerlina return to the dining room to tell the moral of the story. Eric antonioucourtesy boston lyric opera this article is more than 4 years old. Il dissoluto punito, ossia il don giovanni, literally the rake punished, namely don giovanni or the libertine punished is an opera in two acts with music by wolfgang amadeus mozart and italian libretto by lorenzo da ponte.
He orders leporello to remove an angry masetto from the building, leaving the new bride alone with giovanni. Streamcloud don giovanni 1979 deutsch stream german. Featuring varied, evocative, and absolutely glorious music from overture to epilogue, a dynamic set of distinctively drawn characters, and a shocking, unforgettable finale, the don stands apart as mozarts boldest masterpiece. Don giovanni, the infamous womanizer, makes one conquest after another until the ghost of donna annas father, the commendatore, whom giovanni killed makes his appearance. Teresa berganza kiri te kanawa malcolm king jose van dam edda moser ruggero raimondi kenneth riegel paris opera orchestra and chorus. Don giovanni opera mozart calling to the concert in praha. Get a free mp3 of wolfgang amadeus mozart don giovanni. House covent garden, wolfgang amadeus mozart, lorenzo da ponte. Teresa berganza kiri te kanawa malcolm king jose van dam edda moser ruggero raimondi kenneth riegel paris opera orchestra and.
Don giovanni is about a libertine and murderer who refuses to repent when given the chance. Mozarts don giovanni complete opera with english subtitles. Click on the button to go to the page where you can download the music. The 2019 live cinema series continues at gesa power house theatre with a screening of don giovanni by the royal opera on wednesday, november 6 at 6. Donna anna in the form of joan sutherland in one of her rare recordings for a label other than decca and the donna elvira of elisabeth schwarzkopf. Nov 06, 2012 don giovanni k527, atto secondo, scena quinta, finale. Mozart don giovanni complete english subtitles hd youtube. Another chance to see the backstage films screened as part of our live cinema relay. Check out the lineup and explore a variety of supplementary articles, podcasts, videos, and more. Title a scene from don giovanni as performd at the kings theatre summary print showing george iv, in the title role of mozarts opera, surprised by the sudden arrival of his wife, caroline, as donna anna, lately returned from italy, during the wedding feast scene, at which a number of bare breasted women are present. Pittsburgh opera gives mozarts masterpiece don giovanni a stylish film noir look. Opera don giovanni, a film by joseph losey after mozarts.
Watch top opera stars in nine different fulllength operas on youtube, ranging from mozart and rossini to wagner and strauss. It is based on the legends of don juan, a fictional libertine and seducer, by spanish. Fancy watching don giovanni on your tv or mobile device at home. The opera is renowned for its evershifting portrayals of complex characters, fastmoving action and mix of the comic and the heartfelt. Don giovanni jeremie rhorer, philippe sly, julie fuchs. Mozart wanted the story of don giovanni to be really comic, thus providing kasper holten with a cue for his new production, but holten also wants to focus on the dons creative and. I don t know if the sound was remastered for this 2006 dvd, but its excellent.
Don juan is a 1955 austrian musical film directed by walter kolmveltee and starring cesare danova, josef meinrad and evelyn cormand. In don giovanni s garden masetto reproaches zerlina, frustrating don giovanni s attempts to lure her away. Rent don giovanni 1979 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. 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. I have been waiting to see teddy tahu rhodes starring as don giovanni for a long time and i wasnt disappointed. Don giovanni is a 1979 film adaptation of mozarts classic opera don giovanni, based on the don juan legend of a seducer destroyed by his excesses. Elvira, who is still in love with don giovanni, prays for divine intervention, while anna begs her fiance, don ottavio, to allow her some time before their marriage so she can mourn. Don giovanni was the first film produced by gaumont italia 19781983, and it was the swan song of the glorious era of italian cinema dauteur. General groves, doctor atomic santa fe opera upcoming. Leporello is not amused, but don giovanni laughs heartily.
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