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 Don Giovanni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The finale in which Don Giovanni refuses to repent has been a captivating philosophical and artistic topic for many writers including George Bernard Shaw, who in Man and Superman, parodied the opera (with explicit mention of the Mozart score for the finale scene between the Commendatore and Don Giovanni).
The music from Don Giovanni has also featured in a number of movie soundtracks, including It Happened in Brooklyn, Parting Glances, Some Girls (film), and Madagascar Skin, Il Cermonie, Bonfire of the Vaneties.
The most famous and probably the most musically substantial is the operatic fantasy, Réminiscences de Don Juan by Franz Liszt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Giovanni   (2379 words)

  
 Don Giovanni
A lot of this is indubitably due to the fact that he gets to sing some absolutely beautiful music.
And this verdict of mine is based on just CD and video appreciation, not having seen it performed live, though I'd definitely love to manage this.
As the Commendatore dies, the music falls into a reverential hush.
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/mn200/music/mozart/don-giovanni.html   (378 words)

  
 Don Giovanni
Or is the piano busted?" The Don turned with the greatest disdain and said, "Oh.
The man strode to the back door by the piano and opened it, and Figaro saw the orange glow of flames in the basement, fingers of flame licking the doorsill.
Is that nice?" The girls who share my bed want to share my life, said the Don, and that would leave me no life at all.
http://www.loveblender.com/prose/giovanni.html   (2377 words)

  
 Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni dines, waited on by Leporello while a band of musicians play music from popular operas.
They catch Don Giovanni attempting once again to woo Zerlina, and swear vengeance.
Read more about the production, synopsis and cast below.
http://www.opera-australia.org.au/opera/oaweb.nsf/lookups/DONGIOVANNI-OPER-?opendocument   (622 words)

  
 Don Giovanni at Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, Boston, MA
Summer 1996 saw her as Norina in DON PASQUALE with Washington Summer Opera and Nedda in PAGLIACCI with Metro Lyric Opera under the baton of Anton Coppola.
Teatro Lirico's DON GIOVANNI production is making its USA debut on the Fall 2003 tour.
It was a privilege to hear this enjoyable presentation - a musical miracle.
http://www.maj.org/p2004/icam_DonG.html   (2200 words)

  
 Don Giovanni in Hell
The Commendatore's statue gleamed in the eerie moonlight and shadow.
A young woman's bright, tinkling laughter broke the monotony of the gurgling, dripping fountain.
They beat their jagged, spiked wings against him.
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/2915/hell.html   (2987 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Don Giovanni - Mozart: DVD
This performance of Don Giovanni from the MET is probably the best version I have encountered on DVD and I can recommend it wholeheartedly.
There are many versions on DVD to choose from, each with their own merits.
I was surprised to see John Relyea as Massetto.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000787WZG   (708 words)

  
 OperaWorld.com's Opera Insights: Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni's musical riches are many, with pitch-perfect musical descriptions of Anna's outrage, Ottavio's tenderness, Elvira's desolation, Masetto's animal rage, and Zerlina's artful feminine wiles.
Boston Lyric Opera's 2000 Production of Don Giovanni
The Don himself has the vaguest musical portrait of the bunch, changing his character according to the situation.
http://www.operaworld.com/special/don1.shtml   (753 words)

  
 Don Giovanni - Mozart
Of all musical romances it is certainly the first." Every listener must be struck with the intensely expressive melodies in which the work abounds -- melodies such as "Batti, Batti," and "Vedrai Carino," and Leporello’s "Catalogue" aria.
"Whether we regard the mixture of passions in its concerted music, the profound expression of melancholy, the variety of its situations, the beauty of its accompaniment, or the grandeur of its heightening and protracted scene of terror – the finale of the Second Act – ‘Don Giovanni’ stands alone in dramatic eminence.
Giovanni, dancing with Zerlina, entices her from the ball-room, when confusion is produced by her shrieks.
http://www.music-with-ease.com/mozart-don-giovanni.html   (1067 words)

  
 Don Giovanni
Scene 3 - At supper in his dining room, the Don orders the orchestra to play while Leporello sneaks food from the table.
As they advance on him, he begs for mercy but manages to flee.
Donna Elvira returns and tries to tell the others what kind of man he really is, but Don Giovanni tells them that Elvira is mad and takes her away.
http://www.reginaopera.org/dongiov.htm   (1203 words)

  
 AroundCinci :: The Cincinnati Opera presents Don Giovanni
For their production of Don Giovanni, the Opera is bringing to town some outstanding talents from around the world to sing in Music Hall.
What does the music sound like when the Don and Leporello are on their own?
How does his music with Donna Anna change to that of Donna Elvira and Zerlina?
http://www.aroundcinci.com/gen_includes/article.asp?articleID=2496   (621 words)

  
 Mozart's Don Giovanni quiz -- free game
He has a wonderful spread layed on, Leporello is serving and a wind band plays popular tunes.
Zerlina and Masetto plan a happy life together, Donna Elvira is off to a convent, and Leporello will look for a better master.
He was an Italian Jewish convert turned renegade priest who had been banished from Venice for his countless affairs.
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=67693&origin=http://www.funtrivia.com/quizlistgold.cfm_QN_cat=6215   (598 words)

  
 Russell Braun encounters Don Giovanni
One exception is the work of British baritone Thomas Allen, whose Don Giovanni Braun greatly admires.
For a singer who has made a specialty of likable characters—Barber, Pelleas, Billy Budd, and Papageno, Don Giovanni is a significant departure.
At this point in the creative process, he doesn’t want to work with a coach or listen to many recordings, preferring to develop his own ideas and make the journey of discovery on his own.
http://www.scena.org/lsm/sm7-5/Braun-en.html   (964 words)

  
 DON GIOVANNI RECORDS
If you haven't heard this band yet listen to the song on this page or in the [media] section.
------------------ You can get all Don Giovanni releases from the following distros so make sure to pick them up when you make your next big order: Crime Ebullition Interpunk No Idea Revelation Very You should also be able to find the releases at smaller distros in your area or at your local record store.
-IMPORTANT: Don Giovanni Records is in the process of moving.
http://www.likeanomen.com/dg   (524 words)

  
 RANCID LYRICS - Don Giovanni
The old man regrouped and came back from the dead
Well the old man came back from the dead and dragged
Don killed Anya's father in a brutal swordfight
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/rancid/dongiovanni.html   (29 words)

  
 HP_inglese
Don Calabria loved everyone but he particualrly loved the poor and the needy.
They trust God, they are charitable and give help to the poor and needy.
However, they have their own jobs and they live in their families.
http://www.doncalabria.it/testo/hp_ingl.htm   (1649 words)

  
 Don Giovanni in Latvian National Opera
Mozart has composed the most expressive music just for the Commendatore.
Don Giovanni sings his only duet with a peasant girl.
Don Giovanni is a story about man without sense of responsibility.
http://www.music.lv/opera/DonGiovanni/default_E.htm   (1182 words)

  
 The Santa Fe Opera :: 2004 Season Overview
They hear a voice warning Giovanni of his impending doom, and discover that it belongs to the statue of the slain Commendatore.
Donna Anna recognizes his voice, realizes that he is her father’s murderer, and repeats her demand that Ottavio seek vengeance.
At Giovanni’s dinner, Elvira rushes in to beg him to reform, but he dismisses her.
http://www.santafeopera.org/Current/template.php?id=13   (709 words)

  
 ML Hart - Opera: Production Photographs / Don Giovanni
But it's no contest with Don Giovanni - in Salzburg, Ramey is the Don and if you're a fan, then you'll enjoy his somewhat jolly performance; but in Köln, Thomas Allen is just about as definitive as you get.
He plays to a darker, tormented view of Giovanni, adding subtle punctuation to the musical line with a glare, a snarl, a dismissive movement of his hand.
His servant, Leporello - forced to watch while Giovanni feasts and praises the excellence of his cook and the glory of the wine - takes the opportunity to sneak a bite.
http://www.mlhart.com/opera/01giovanni.htm   (1295 words)

  
 Cornerstones
They intend to expose Don Giovanni to everyone.
Masetto is forced to dance with Leporello while Don Giovanni maneuvers Zerlina into another room.
Don Giovanni silences him, denying him the right to speak freely ever again.
http://www.operaworld.com/cornerstones/dg/dgsynopsis.htm   (928 words)

  
 A dazzling 'Don' (May 28, 2004)
Todd Wilander also garners bravos for several tour-de-force arias in the role of Don Ottavio, showing off his outstanding lyrical tenor, drenching his beautiful sound with emotional nuance and giving the high notes a lively sense of risk.
"Don Giovanni," currently mounted in a lavish production by West Bay Opera at Lucie Stern Theatre, demonstrates these developments in spades -- not only highlighting Mozart's musical accomplishments, but also elevating the figure of Don Juan himself to a complex, engaging anti-hero.
Kirk Eichelberger as the cad we love to hate, Don Juan, gleefully swashbuckles his way through the role with enormous verve and delight in his own depravity.
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/2004/2004_05_28.mozartmb.shtml   (587 words)

  
 Don Giovanni - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sergei Koptchak, as the Commendatore and the Stone Guest, made up for a lack of physical stature with exciting, dark-hued sounds.
Eager to show his prowess as an actor, perhaps, and assuming that we all understood he could sing the role like nobody’s business, Terfel spent most of those performances panting, grunting, groaning and emoting the music in a way that swiftly became tiresome.
This clears the stage for the final sextet, which seems to come from some other production.
http://www.culturevulture.net/Opera/DonGiovanni.htm   (1410 words)

  
 Prima la musica, poi le parole: Don Giovanni
Last night when I wasn't writing about Fidelio, I was watching another DVD, the recent TDK release of Don Giovanni from the Wiener Staatsoper.
For most of the characters,the costumes, as I said, begin in the 16th century and move through to the 19th, and they're all extravagant and beautiful.
Donna Anna chases after Giovanni looking like Tudor royalty; Donna Elvira enters dressed like a man, and ends up dressed more like a Manet.
http://primalamusica.typepad.com/primalamusica/2005/09/don_giovanni.html   (787 words)

  
 Don Giovanni - KCCU
, Giovanni and Leporello encounter Donna Elvira, an abandoned lover of the Don
Don Giovanni eats by himself and, during jests with Leporello, recognizes the tunes his private orchestra plays.
Zerlina then finds her beaten lover and sings him the famous Vedrai Carino in which she promises to heal his wounds with her loving heart.
http://www.kccu.org/opera/giovanni.html   (1027 words)

  
 Review: Outstanding 'Don Giovanni' on West Bay Opera stage (May 26, 2004)
I wish I had more space in which to praise it.
He entreats Zerlina to come to a little house he owns, leading to one of Mozart's most beautiful melodies, the duet "La' ci darem la mano" -- "There you will give me your hand." Mr.
He escapes, and Leporello sings his famous catalogue aria, detailing to Elvira the number of his master's conquests in various countries, concluding with Spain, where the number is "Mille e tre" -- one thousand three.
http://www.almanacnews.com/morgue/2004/2004_05_26.review.shtml   (591 words)

  
 THE DON GIOVANNI SHOW
Click here for the lyrics to Dominick the Donkey
Don was also honored as Man of The Year by the Sons of Italy Lodge of Gloucester County.
It is filled with nostalgic Italian music and the warm personality of its host.
http://thedongiovannishow.com/html/main.html   (199 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Mozart: Don Giovanni (Hightlights): Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,Daniel Barenboim,English Chamber ...
Amazon.com: Mozart: Don Giovanni (Hightlights): Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,Daniel Barenboim,English Chamber Orchestra,Antigone Sgourda,Heather Harper,Helen Donath,Luigi Alva,Peter Lagger,Roger Soyer,Sir Geraint Evans
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Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Or sai chi l'onore
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004XR7L?v=glance   (353 words)

  
 Don Giovanni hotel Prague, hotel Don Giovanni Prague
All rooms have toilet, bath, mini bar, satellite TV and radio.
Business clients are especially well served with an extensive and adaptable range of conference rooms, fully equipped with the necessary visual technologies and conveniences.
Don Giovanni is a composition of comfort and service, based on the tradition of elevated international hotel industry.
http://www.motylek.com/don_giovanni   (154 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Don Giovanni: Music: Dalibor Jedlicka,Eduard Haken,Karel Berman,Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,Libor Pesek,Jiri ...
Amazon.com: Don Giovanni: Music: Dalibor Jedlicka,Eduard Haken,Karel Berman,Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,Libor Pesek,Jiri Pokorny,Prague Chamber Orchestra,Eva Depoltova,Jana Jonasova,Magdalena Hajossyova,Vojtech Kocian
Don Giovanni, opera, K. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000353F?v=glance   (276 words)

  
 FLORIDA GRAND OPERA
His servant's famous catalog tallies a record of 2,065 women!
Follow the misdeeds of Don Juan, the greatest lover of all time, as he leaves a trail of broken hearts across Europe.
The unrepentant Don finally gets his comeuppance when the murdered father of one of his conquests returns from the grave to exact revenge.
http://www.fgo.org/03-04/production4.shtml   (220 words)

  
 The Little World Wide Web Homepage of Don Camillo
The Little World Wide Web Homepage of Don Camillo
Any suggestions toward improving the site in that regard will be cheerfully considered.
P.S. And after you've explored this one, I hope you'll visit my two related websites, The Don Camillo Galleries and Giovanni Guareschi's "non-Camillo" Books.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/doncamillo   (262 words)

  
 Seduction
Flames engulf his house, and the sinner is dragged to hell.
Don Giovanni (Malcolm Mackenzie) enjoys wine, women, and song with Shelli Christiansen and Karena Aslanian.
She turns out to be Donna Elvira, a woman he once seduced in Burgos, who is on his trail.
http://www.sacopera.org/dongiovanni.htm   (722 words)

  
 2006 Hong Kong Arts Festival
Combining Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s musical genius with Lorenzo da Ponte’s brilliant libretto, Don Giovanni is a masterful opera which portrays the last 24 hours of the protagonist’s life.
Decker uses richly symbolic and highly effective stage designs to realise his interpretations.
http://www.hk.artsfestival.org/eng/prog/1   (756 words)

  
 Great Performances - Don Giovanni Unmasked - Behind the Scenes
Ottavio stalked the Don alone; Masetto required a band of friends, and then made no effort even to fight back when attacked by one from his own class (though it is the Don in disguise, Masetto believes it is Leporello).
Yet, Ottavio loves Anna (he must, to endure her single-mindedness, and a year's postponement of their wedding following her father's death) to the point of zealously adopting her cause as a matter of his own honor.
But I have always wondered if his heart was really in it?
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/leporello/behind.html   (778 words)

  
 ArkivMusic Mozart: Don Giovanni / Solti, Terfel, Fleming, Murray, Et Al
Michele Pertusi is an agile, full-voiced Leporello, vocally believable in disguise as the Don.
London's engineers captured the live performances from which this set was assembled in warm, studio-quality sound.
Terfel is a rarity among baritones not because he has committed 'Don Giovanni' to compact discs three times, but because in each of the three he performs a different role.
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=3854   (231 words)

  
 Don Giovanni: Subtle Social Commentary
We have been caught in the web of the music, the action, the humor and the story line and our response is assured.
Don Giovanni has refused to be bound by the moral rules of society, living only to satisfy his own physical desires.
Rousseau went further to doubt that women were even capable of rational thought and to claim that they were ruled by their emotions.
http://www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/lec/croft.htm   (1548 words)

  
 Don Juan - Main Page
Even if the focus is on literature, digressions in other artistic fields (especially music) are very welcome.
This page is a sort of tribute to that myth, a tribute I wasn't able to do until now.
Another digitalized version of Zorrilla's Don Juan is available at the Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.
http://www.sensible.it/personal/resio/donjuan   (327 words)

  
 Mozart: Don Giovanni
based on the Don Juan story, widely used in literature from the 16th century onward
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/music/NYCO/dongiovanni   (23 words)

  
 Metropolitan Opera International Radio Broadcast Information Center - 2005-06 Broadcasts
Leporello hates working for the Don, which usually involves lying, cheating, stealing, and putting his own life on the line so that his master can seduce more women.
After Don Giovanni kills him, the Commendatore returns from the dead as a statue to warn his murderer to repent.
Zerlina (soprano)-A lovely peasant girl, engaged to Masetto, but attracted to Don Giovanni.
http://www.operainfo.org/broadcast/operaMain.cgi?id=19&language=1   (191 words)

  
 Hotel Don Giovanni, Prague hotels, Don Giovanni
Don giovanni, the renowned casanova, is evident throughout the hotel: from the artistically designed heart in the foyer, to the musical notes from Mozart's famous opera on the walls of the shower in you bathroom.
Our 400 friendly bright rooms and suites greet you with clarity of forms, tasteful design and modern comfort, with telephone, fax and, if required, ISDN connection, satellite and pay TV.
Send reservation and availability enquiries to the following e-mail:
http://www.hotels-of-prague.com/giovanni   (404 words)

  
 Opera San José - Don Giovanni
That Mozart composed the music is the best recommendation, but that da Ponte wrote the libretto is also a great advantage, as his collaborations with Mozart are considered to be among the very finest of all time.
An insatiable libertine plagued by past conquests who come back to haunt him, the Don unknowingly faces his last day on earth in this indefinable mix of tragic, comic, and farcical scenes.
Mozart and da Ponte created one of the most intriguing of anti-heroes when they put together the personality that is Giovanni.
http://www.operasj.org/giovanni0506.html   (118 words)

  
 Garrard, Don - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Garrard, Don
He appeared at Glyndebourne from 1965 as Gremin, Trulove, and Arkel, and made his debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, in 1970.
He sang Don Giovanni for Canadian TV and in 1961 was heard at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, London; his roles with the company (later the English National Opera Ensemble) have included Silva, Attila, Sarastro, and the Wanderer.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Garrard,+Don   (148 words)

  
 Don Giovanni
A man in the thrall of his erotic drive!
Never seen so much red: hell is blood-red.
And the stage where Don Giovanni seduces them all is blood-red.
http://www.bayerisches.staatsballett.de/c.php/spielplan/vorstellung.php?id=34&termin=3838&dom=dom1&l=en   (128 words)

  
 Metroactive Dining Don Giovanni
A bottle of Stag's Leap Merlot 1998 ($48) turned out to be the right choice to accompany our entire meal--Giuliano (one of those masterful waiters who know what you want even before you do) could see that we liked pouring our own, so he didn't hover.
Don Giovanni is an authentic slice of Italy, from its polished waiters who could be brothers of Dean Martin or Antonio Banderas, to the elegant woodwork, terra cotta-hued walls and high ceilings hung with turn-of-the-century chandeliers.
Dining with the radiantly blonde Lanni means not dining unnoticed, and we were shown to a central table in the lively dining room.
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/04.26.01/dining-0117.html   (718 words)

  
 Great Performances . Don Giovanni Unmasked PBS
When it opens in 1930, Leporello is presented as the host of a movie that reveals the long-standing secret of his master's identity in 1620 Seville.
Learn more about what makes this film adaption of Mozart's opera unique; the impact of the central figure of the opera -- Don Giovanni -- on the other characters within the work; and the composer's struggle for recognition during his short but accomplished life.
Click here to explore the Web companion for this program, which originally aired on April 6, 2001.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/dongiovanni.html   (208 words)

  
 Welcome to Cleveland Opera -- Don Giovanni
The all-star cast is led by Metropolitan Opera star Jeffrey Wells who has sung hundreds of performances at The Met, in addition to regularly appearing at other major opera companies including San Francisco and Washington.
Mozart's genius balances light-hearted comedy with terrible tragedy, bringing Don Giovanni to a catastrophic finale.
He's an incorrigible ladies man; handsome, charming and completely fickle - the world's most irrepressible woman-chaser -- Don Juan.
http://www.clevelandopera.org/dongiov/dgintro.html   (86 words)

  
 Don Giovanni
He sets off again with his servant, Leporello, and meets the grieving Donna Elvira, who loves him although he has betrayed her.
Making a quick exit, he next encounters a lively bunch of peasants, among them the pretty Zerlina and her clumsy fiancé, Masetto.
The commotion alarms her father, the Commendatore, who duels with and is killed by Don Giovanni.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0153785.html   (293 words)

  
 Review: DON GIOVANNI, by Lorenzo Da Ponte/Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Paul Czinner), but still exciting and topped by Siepi's incomparable Don at its most heartless.
Memoirs of Lorenzo Da Ponte (Da Capo Press Music Reprint Series), by Lorenzo Da Ponte, Elisabeth Abbott (Translator), Arthur Livingston (Editor) -- Da Ponte was not only one of the greatest librettists to ever live, he was a fascinating character who lived a very long and active life.
Paul Czinner, 1954, featuring Wilhelm Furtwaengler at the podium; with Cesare Siepi, Lisa Della Casa, Otto Edelmann, Elisabeth Gruemmer, Erna Berger, Anton Dermota, Deszo Ernster, and others; one of the most richly satisfying opera films yet made, not quite in the Rosenkavalier class (also dir.
http://www.geocities.com/ehub035/dongiov.htm   (305 words)

  
 Season NYC Opera
But the Don’s worries multiply when along comes the very lovely and very vulnerable Donna Elvira, not to mention the ever-so-pleasant peasant Zerlina.
The sets alone are among the most enchanting ever created for the New York operatic scene.
He failed to win the lovely Donna Anna and killed her father in the mix.
http://www.nycopera.com/productions/productiondetail.aspx?id=42&src=l&detect=yes   (191 words)

  
 Mozart: Don Giovanni
Donna Elvira has, prior to the beginning of the opera, been seduced by Don Giovanni and subsequently abandoned by him.
In Scene 2 of the opera (Scene 1 being the murder of the Commendatore), Don Giovanni and his side-kick, Leporello, spy a woman and begin to pursue her.
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/music/NYCO/dongiovanni/catalogue.html   (391 words)

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