Wiener Staatsoper Live - Mozart: Don Giovanni / London, della Casa, et al
On this CD:
1. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Walter Berry, Lisa della Casa, Anton Dermota, Sena Jurinac, Erich Kunz, George London, Irmgard Seefried, Ludwig Weber
Conducted by Karl Bohm
Editorial Reviews
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Mozart called Don Giovanni a dramma giocoso, which might be translated as "serious comedy." Karl Böhm emphasizes its seriousness--understandably, since Don G. is dragged down to Hell, alive and screaming, in the last scene. George London, too, underplays comedy; his Byronic Don is essentially a 19th-century interpretation. Mozart treated the Don's horrible punishment as a happy ending; despite diabolical charm, he was a menace to society. An interpretation with a lighter touch, and one sung in Italian rather than a German translation, will be most people's first choice, particularly since no libretto is supplied. But this performance will appeal to those who speak German or who know the opera well. It was recorded live in 1955 at the reopening of the war-damaged Vienna Staatsoper; a dream cast was assembled for the occasion, and much of the singing is spectacularly good. Erich Kunz, a perennial favorite with Viennese audiences, is not otherwise available in the role of Leporello. --Joe McLellan
Wiener Staatsoper Live - Mozart: Don Giovanni / London, della Casa, et al, Music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Chor und Orchester der Wiener Stattsoper, Wiener Staatsopernorchester, Anton Dermota, Erich Kunz, George London, Irmgard Seefried, Lisa della Casa, Ludwig Weber, Sena Jurinac, Walter Berry, Karl Bohm, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus, George London, Ludwig Weber, Lisa della Casa, Sena Jurinac, Irmgard Seefried, Erich Kunz, Anton Dermota, Classical, Classical Music, German/Austrian Classical Period Opera, Opera, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Opera/Operetta
Wiener Staatsoper Live - Mozart: Don Giovanni / London, della Casa, et al
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