Leonard Link (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Imagine the large multipurpose room in a Catholic school, convent or other facility - a large meeting room with plain walls, a large cross on the wall, squared-linoleum floors and plain white lights hanging from the ceiling. Imagine this is in Italy, and that the congregation, with the assistance of visiting celebrities, will put on its own version of Don Giovanni. The ordinary congregants who...
Opera Today (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Like most opera companies, the Mozart/da Ponte trifecta of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte are central to Opera Australia’s repertoire.
Cozy Chicks (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... we went to Lincoln Center. We had tix to the New York City Opera's production of Mozart's "Don Giovanni." What a great production. Fabulous voices and striking, erotic staging. Yes, I said erotic. Read one of the reviews on Google. NYC Opera is located in the gorgeous fountain plaza area right beside the Metropolitan Opera. (See photo above). This is the same spot you saw in the...
The Eastside View (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... "Prague" symphony revealed its essentially operatic, expressive quality, connecting to Don Giovanni and, even more, Le Nozze di Figaro ; the "Jupiter" emerged on the other hand as the abstract, architectural masterpiece it is, enjoying its counterpoint as decorative line while revealing it even more as structural fabric. We sat above and behind the first violin section,...
Siris (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... and through encyclopedias and dictionaries. There is an allure to enumerating how many women Don Giovanni slept with: It was 2,063, at least according to Mozart's librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte. We also have completely practical lists -- the shopping list, the will, the menu -- that are also cultural achievements in their own right. I'm not really convinced, though, with Eco's moral psychology...
Entertainment and Showbiz! (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
... temperature soaring in Big Apple Sam Mendes : Sam Mendes won’t be directing Mozart’s Don Giovanni
