N.Y.'s scrappy City Opera forges a future Nov 21, 2009
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 Christopher Alden and it stars emerging singers. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Two divos & a queen Nov 10, 2009
The beefcake is provided by the sexy stars of "Don Giovanni" -- Daniel Okulitch as the legendary rake and Jason Hardy as his servant, Leporello ... The beefcake is provided by the sexy stars of "Don Giovanni" -- Daniel Okulitch as the legendary rake and Jason Hardy as his servant, Leporello ... Carol Rosegg Daniel Okulitch (left) and Jason Hardy share a suit in "Don Giovanni.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
* EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT Oct 30, 2009
The program will include operatic selections include Mozarts Overture to Don Giovanni and arias from Cosi fan Tutte, Beethovens Overture to Die Geschopfe des Prometheus, and Song of the Moon from Dvoraks opera Rusalka. Monday at 7:30pm. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Opera Diva's Irksome Call Was About Jackson Film Oct 28, 2009
She has performed as Despina in "Cosi Fan Tutte," Gilda in "Rigoletto," Rosina in "The Barber of Seville," Nanetta in "Falstaff." She was selected by conductor Claudio Abbado for the role of Zerlina in Mozart's "Don Giovanni.". She has also recorded several albums, including three classical ones with orchestra and chorus -- "Sin barreras", "Il Dolce Suono" and "Reina de la Noche"-- as well as a Spanish pop opera album, "Pajaro Rebelde," her most recent, in 2007. (KIRO TV, WA)
Taking video and stills with one camera Oct 6, 2009
When Mozart composed the opera "Don Giovanni," he didn't put the finishing touches to the score until the last minute, so it had to be copied hurriedly by hand for the members of orchestra. If he were alive today, Mozart could compose right on the computer and send it by e-mail to a copy service. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Salt Marsh Opera has some fun Oct 2, 2009
Callinan has performed many main stage roles with the Connecticut Opera, appearing most recently as Zerlina in Don Giovanni. She has also sung with Boston Lyric Opera and Commonwealth Opera. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Cosi Fan Tutte conceived in a burst of confetti Sep 16, 2009
"I want to communicate both the surface and substance of the piece. Usually you get one or the other. There is a brash theatrical side and a poetic side which 00004000 can prove elusive. It shifts from the cartoonish to a work of great emotional depth and a revelation about love and desire not being mutually exclusive. Sharman has spent many months investigating the life and times of Mozart and his librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte with whom he also wrote The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni. Their... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Loving opera and living a dream Sep 9, 2009
He will also take on the principal role of Il Commendatore (Don Pedro) in "Don Giovanni" in the spring, which Harris calls "a really big sing.". npeters@unews. (University News, MO)
If it's not Baroque Sep 3, 2009
The stage trap where Don Giovanni comes through is directly above the timpani - not very comfortable ... "The stage trap where Don Giovanni comes through is directly above the timpani. Not very comfortable.". (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Obituaries in the news Aug 20, 2009
A dramatic soprano, Behrens' Met career included Elettra in Mozart's "Idomeneo," Isolde in Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde," Senta in Wagner's "Die Fliegende Hollander," Donna Anna in Mozart's "Don Giovanni," Santuzza in Mascagni's "Ca 00004000 valleria Rusticana," the title roles in Strauss' "Elektra" and "Salome," and Puccini's "Tosca," and Marie in Berg's "Wozzeck.". Paul "Duke" Hogue. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Opera Singer Behrens Dies In Tokyo Aug 19, 2009
A dramatic soprano, her Met career included Elettra in Mozart's "Idomeneo," Isolde in Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde," Senta in "Die Fliegende Hollander," Donna Anna in Mozart's "Don Giovanni," Santuzza in Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana," the title roles in Strauss' "Elektra" and 'Salome," and Puccini's "Tosca," and Marie in Berg's "Wozzeck. " She was injured during the final scene of Wagner's "Goetterdaemmerung" at the Met on April 28, 1990, when Valhalla collapsed prematurely and an overhead... (Click2Houston, TX)
The search is on for the stars of tomorrow Aug 7, 2009
When: "Don Giovanni," 3 p.m. Sunday; "La Boheme," 3 p.m. Aug. 23. Where: Black Box Theater at Classic Stage Co., 136 E. 13th St., NYC.. (NJ.com -- Times)
After the flood, flute power and Beethoven at Tanglewood Aug 5, 2009
But the moment that several festival insiders were buzzing about came a few days earlier, at the second performance of Mozart s Don Giovanni, led by James Levine at the Tanglewood Theater. The performance took place the night of July 27 and as the music began a massive storm swept over the Tanglewood grounds and evidently passed directly above the theater. (Boston Globe)
A devilishly enjoyable take on ‘Don Giovanni’ Jul 29, 2009
A devilishly enjoyable take on Don Giovanni - The Boston Globe ... A devilishly enjoyable take on Don Giovanni ... photos by HILARY SCOTTElliot Madore (right, with Evan Hughes) plays Don Giovanni as a smooth criminal in jacket and leather pants. (Boston Globe)
Classical music picks this weekend Jul 24, 2009
James Levine s final weekend features Berlioz and Mussorgsky tonight, Brahms tomorrow, and Don Giovanni on Sunday and Monday. David Robertson conducts Sunday afternoon. (Boston Globe)
False notes, good business Jun 30, 2009
She had just seen a private performance at the magnificent Estates Theatre in which, as the leaflet says, "Mozart directed the very first performance of his Don Giovanni in 1787." ... Had she known better, she could have seen "Don Giovanni" or "The Marriage of Figaro" for half the price with a fully-fledged orchestra, singers, stage set and choir, offered at the official counter of the hallowed National Theatre. (iAfrica.com)
A Spoleto review: Thirteen shows and counting Jun 1, 2009
England's Kneehigh Theatre production of "Don John" is an interesting play adaptation of "Don Giovanni." The setting is 1978, and the title character is an amoral womanizer who destroys the lives of women who can't resist him. Flashing lights, loud noises, dancers, singers and suggestive encounters are all interwoven into the story line. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Dancing in the Davies aisles May 29, 2009
As to the show, relaxed and hard-driving at once, the unforgettable moments began with Sting dueting with Frederica von Stade on an aria from "Don Giovanni"; at the end of onstage "flirtation," he picked her up and carried her offstage. Generously, Sting performed all through the show, and von Stade is hereby crowned Diva You'd Most Like for a Friend. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Spoleto season is last for chamber music director May 22, 2009
Britain's Kneehigh Theatre also stages "Dear John," a play inspired by Mozart's "Don Giovanni.". On the Web. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Alex Ross: Rediscovering the operas of Francesco Cavalli. May 18, 2009
(The line forward to Mozart s Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Cos. is straight and short. (New Yorker)
GMU’s Center for the Arts Announces 2009n10 Season of Great Performances at Mason May 7, 2009
The Virginia Opera returns this year with four operas: La Bohme, The Daughter of the Regiment, Don Giovanni and a production of Porgy and Bess, in celebration of its 75th anniversary. Jeffrey Siegel also returns for a 17th season of his popular series Keyboard Conversations. (Chronicle Newspapers, VA)
Mendes cancels Glyndebourne debut Apr 30, 2009
Mendes was due to direct Mozart's Don Giovanni for the festival and his appointment was greeted with excitement in the opera world ... Pickard said: "I have no doubt that [Kent] will bring his customary flair and imagination to Don Giovanni." ... FROM OTHER NEWS SITES Sam Mendes pulls out of Don Giovanni at Glyndebourne due to New York commitments - 24 hrs ago Sam Mendes pulls out of Glyndebourne Don Giovanni - 30 hrs ago. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
From Don until dusk Apr 29, 2009
A womanizer is a womanizer, regardless of the century, and in the Boston Lyric Opera production of Mozart's "Don Giovanni," the legendary lover philanders his way through 1950s Italy. Baritone Christopher Schaldenbrand takes on the title role in this new production of the original 1787 Prague edition (different from the Viennese version - in case you're wondering). (Boston Globe)
Warhol to Galileo to Glyndebourne Apr 19, 2009
Among highlights of this year's festival are a production of Charpentier's opera "Louise," a modern theatrical reworking of "Don Giovanni," performances of Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde," residence by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and, most intriguing of all, the punk/cabaret extravaganza "Addicted to Bad Ideas: Peter Lorre's 20th Century." 843-579-3100, www. spoleto. (Boston Globe)
Rake Easy To Take Apr 15, 2009
That was the lesson taught Monday night at Mozart's "Don Giovanni." True, the legendary rake, whose list of conquests numbers into the thousands, eventually is dragged to hell by the statue of a man he murdered ... Don Giovanni dominates the opera, but even Mattei's charisma could not overshadow two debuting artists ... A famous Don Giovanni of his day, he has moved gracefully into the role of sidekick Leporello. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Weekend Events Apr 3, 2009
College students to present 'Don Giovanni. Mercyhurst College's D'Angelo Department of Music presents the opera "Don Giovanni," Friday, 8 p.m., and April 5, 2 p.m., at the Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center. (Erie Times-News, PA)
NY City Opera returns to stage in November Apr 2, 2009
Mozart's Don Giovanni, the only new production, opens Nov. 8 with Daniel Okulitch in the title role and Christopher Alden directing ... Steel, who served as general director of the Dallas Opera last October before taking the City Opera job, decided he wanted his first new production to be Don Giovanni because he thinks "it's the greatest of all operas." He knew he wanted it to star Okulitch. (USA Today -- Life)
Ezio Flagello, at 78; sang 528 performances at Met Mar 25, 2009
He made his Met debut in November 1957 as the jailer in "Tosca." Shortly after, he sang Leporello in "Don Giovanni.". Mr. Flagello's final appearance at the Met was as Dr. Bartolo (a role he sang many times there) in "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" in December 1984. (Boston Globe)
Morningside, WIT singers to perform opera selections Mar 22, 2009
The program will include excerpts, in English, from such pieces as Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado," Mozart's "Don Giovanni" and Puccini's "La Boheme.". Kate Saulsbury, adjunct voice faculty and director of Leo Kucinski Academy of Music at Morningside College, and Shannon Salyards, Midwest operatic performer, will be the musical directors of the program. (Sioux City Journal)
Of Epic Proportions Mar 22, 2009
Next on her plate are Mozart's "Don Giovanni" and "Idomeneo" and three productions of Gluck's "Orfeo," which will take her from Portland to Atlanta, Boston and Virginia. She's also adapting Frederic Morton's novel of late-19th century Vienna, "A Nervous Splendor," for the Shaw Festival in Ontario. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
From rising star to centre stage Mar 10, 2009
The 1989 production, created by the director Elijah Moshinsky and designer Michael Yeargan, is being brought to the stage by director Elke Neidhardt, who directed an acclaimed Ring cycle in Adelaide in 2005 and Don Giovanni for Opera Australia last year. The role of Charlotte was to have been played by Pamela Helen Stephen but she withdrew from the production in January after the death of her husband, the company's music director, Richard Hickox. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Baltimore Concert Opera launching with performance this month Mar 5, 2009
The Baltimore Concert Opera has sold about 125 tickets to its first performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart s Don Giovanni, said Michael Blair, a spokesman for the organization. Reader Comments. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
From a vault in Paris: The sound of opera in 1907 Feb 17, 2009
Although Mozart was hardly in vogue in 1907, he makes the list with arias from "Le Nozze di Figaro" and "Don Giovanni," but there is no room for Gluck, Handel or Monteverdi, who in recent times have been called on to satisfy the opera world's need for novelty. The quality of the recordings themselves is much as might be expected. (International Herald Tribune)
Connecticut Opera closes down, citing bad economy Feb 13, 2009
The opera's bank account was frozen and funding sources had dried up following a poor turnout at the November production of "Don Giovanni" at the Palace Theater in Waterbury. The opera closed its Hartford office, laid off its half-dozen staff members and informed its 2,000 subscribers that they won't be getting their money back on two recently canceled springtime productions "Daughter of the Regiment" in March and "La Boheme" in May. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
