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Siepi, Corena and Della Casa also appear in a powerful account from the New York Met in 1957 conducted by Karl Böhm (Andromeda); and it’s Siepi again in the 1962 performance from Covent Garden. Here the Leporello is the incomparable Geraint Evans, and it’s a joy to hear how he and Siepi play off each other, especially in the recitatives.
World premiere: National Theater (now Estates Theater), Prague, 1787. Aided by his ingenious librettist, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart approached his operatic retelling of the Don Juan myth from a point of view that is neither tragic nor entirely comic, but rather lighthearted, urbane, and ironic.
Mozart worked on Don Giovanni on and off during 1787 and completed it shortly before the first performance, which took place in Prague on October 29 of that year. The production was an enormous success, and it was followed in the spring of 1788 by a second production mounted in Vienna.
May 25, 2023 · Don Giovanni - George LondonDonna Anna - Elisabeth GrümmerDon Ottavio - Léopold SimoneauDonna Elvira - Sena JurinacLeoporello - Erich KunzIl Commendatore - L...
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- Sadanori Kobinata
