Don Giovanni [videorecording] : dramma giocoso / da Lorenzo da Ponte ; musica di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; un film di Joseph Losey in collaborazione con Frantz Salìerì ; adattamento Patricia & Joseph Losey e Frantz Salìerì ; direttore di produzione Pierre Saint-Blancat ; regia di Joseph Losey ; Opera Fìlm Produzìone SRL ... [et al.] présentano.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1979. Ruggero Raimondi (Don Giovanni) ; John Macurdy (Il Commendatore) ; Edda Moser (Donna Anna) ; Kiri Te Kanawa (Donna Elvira) ; Kenneth Riegel (Don Ottavio) ; José van Dam (Leporello) ; Teresa Berganza (Zerlina) ; Malcolm King (Masetto) ; other soloists ; Orchestra and Chorus of the Paris Opera ; Lorin Maazel, conductor. Filmed in Vicenza, Italy.
Summary:
The story centers around a young nobleman who is obsessed with amorous conquest. It follows his romantic exploits and continued encounters with Donna Anna, the woman who plots to destroy him.
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