Don Giovanni

At least this one had some devilish panache. While they were searching, an opera singer stood on the stage rehearsing the same song from "Don Giovanni" over and over again. In addition, while they were asked to secure a tiny mandolin, the...

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...Coast concerts. But Thursday was a Gemutlichkeit Vienna-fest. The "Prague" (Symphony No. 38) shares the heavy dramatic clout of "Don Giovanni," an opera Dudamel has conducted, and he made the symphony weigh a great deal. The "Jupiter"...

In this article: Gustavo Dudamel, Bruno Walter, Gil Shaham, Jupiter, Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Los Angeles

...and staged at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland. In the original Finnish source, Lemminkainen's catalogue of conquests makes Don Giovanni appear a slouch, but there are plenty of magical elements to appeal to a less adult...

In this article: Opera North, Lemminkainen, Jonathan Dove, Pinocchio, Jean Sibelius, The Enchanted Pig, and Alasdair Middleton

It's been four seasons since Lyric audiences have heard Mattila, after an intensive dose of the soprano in 2004-05 (Donna Anna in "Don Giovanni'' and Leonore in Beethoven's "Fidelio") and 2005-06 (Manon in Puccini's "Manon Lescaut.'') In...

In this article: Karita Mattila, Katya Kabanova, Tosca, Leos Janacek, Manon Lescaut, and Jenufa

...night. This biblical opera, which the company premiered in 1993, is running in repertory with an updated new production of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" that appears to be exactly what City Opera should be all about. It is directed by...

In this article: Gerard Mortier, Lincoln Center, Stock market crash, New York City Opera, Columbia University, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Charles Wuorinen

...and she was Caucasian") and archival footage and images (including priceless photographs of Corsaro embodying all of the characters in "Don Giovanni"). (The films are posted on the NEA Web site, along with the complete footage of some of the...

In this article: Julius Rudel, John Adams, Marilyn Horne, Shirley Verrett, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Angela Brown, and National Endowment for the Arts

...violent erotic conquest and polite sacramental rites. Daniel Okulitch is a dreamy, debonair Don Giovanni, Jason Hardy a rugged Leporello; Stefania Dovhan, as Donna Anna, and Keri Alkema, as Donna Elvira, sing with ripe, full-bodied...

In this article: Edgar Allan Poe, Academy of Music, and Ryan Lizza

...Copley | staff. Rich Copley University of Kentucky baritone Reginald Smith Jr. sang "Madamina," the catalog aria from Mozart's "Don Giovanni, at the Met Auditions. It was the 21-year-old singer's first Met Auditions. The 2009 Kentucky...

In this article: University of Kentucky, Butler University, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Memorial Hall, and Il tabarro

...man next to a pantsless man-both American, both young-I knew that City Opera was back. It was the start of the second act of Mozart's Don Giovanni, and the two men were playing the eponymous antihero and his servant, Leporello.

In this article: Esther, Hugo Weisgall, John Adams, Ghosts of Versailles, Philip Glass, and Culpability

...So in a production of Porgy and Bess - though in these days of multicultural opportunity you can't be certain. But where was his Don Giovanni? And his Wotan? I felt shortchanged. Aren't they bad enough boys to qualify? Tour continues...

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