Don Giovanni / an RM Associates-NHK production in association with 3SAT [and others] ; produced by Colin Wilson ; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte ; directed for the stage by Jürgen Flimm ; directed for television by Brian Large.
Publisher:
Arthaus Musik,
Copyright Date:
2001
Description:
2 videodiscs (187 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Rodney Gilfry (Don Giovanni), László Polgár (Leporello), Isabel Rey (Donna Anna), Cecilia Bartoli (Donna Elvira), Roberto Saccà (Don Ottavio), Liliana Nikiteanu (Zerlina), Oliver Widmer (Masetto), Matti Salminen (Commendatore) ; Chorus and Orchestra of the Opernhaus Zürich conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. A 2001 performance from the Opernhaus Zürich, originally broadcast on television. Includes 24 min. of behind the scenes interviews and a 7 min. trailer for other Arthaus Musik titles. Booklet in container (32 p.) has program notes and opera synopsis by Guido Johannes Joerg in German, English and French.
Summary:
Don Giovanni is a young nobleman obsessed with amorous conquests. One of them, Donna Anna, seeks revenge.
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