Calgary Opera is set to open its 2024-25 season with Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” The performances which will be held from November 2 to 8, 2024 at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, will be directed by Canadian Anna Theodosakis and conducted by Jonathan Brandani. In the new production, Theodosakis challenges the audience to confront the more unsettling aspects of the story, {…}
Singapore’s The Opera People will present “Don Giovanni” at the Wild Rice Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre on Nov. 1 and 3, 2024. The production will be directed by Tan Shou Chen and features the Wayfarer Sinfonietta under music director Lien Boon Hua. “The themes contained in the Don Giovanni story are so rich and timeless and the conversations orbiting around {…}
( Photo: © SF/Monika Rittershaus) All sinful things come wrapped in fascinating aesthetics. You know the feeling: something that is extremely beautiful and appealing, but disquieting—too pleasurable to be ethically good. That is Salzburg Festival’s “Don Giovanni”: a spectacular dramatic installation, a grandiose musical project, a lustful conception; yet sinfully wrong. First things first. This is a revival of Romeo {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get a chance to listen to world premiere recordings, a rarely performed work and a legendary recording of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Ochre Multiple-GRAMMY-winning ensemble The Crossing offers a new album born of cultural resonance, with new works by three {…}
(Photo credit: Michele Crosera) Having seen more versions of “Don Giovanni” than there are sands on the beach, I can attest that the greatness of the opera is seldom undermined by a less than optimum staging. However, when the staging is good—or even great—, one feels that there is no better opera than “Don Giovanni.” The revival of Damiano Michieletto’s {…}
Regents Opera is set to go on tour with a production of “Don Giovanni.” The famed work will be conducted by Ben Woodward and directed by Sarah Heenan. It stars Oliver Gibbs, Ashley Mercer, Christine Buras, Isolde Roxby, Justine Viani, Davide Basso, Alastair Ollerenshaw, and Andrew Tinkler. The tour kicks off on June 7 and 8 at Walcot Hall in {…}
(Photo credit: © C.Stadler/Bwag) Belvedere Park will be the host of the new “Wiener Opernsommer Belvedere 2024.” The new open-air showcase was initiated by the Friends of the Wienner Opernsommer association with Joji Hattori as the Artistic Director and Dominik Am Zenhoff-Söns as director and casting director. The festival is presented in collaboration with the Austrian Burghauptmannschaft. The main event {…}
The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced a cast change for its production of “Don Giovanni” on July 2, 2024. The company said Caitlin Gotimer will take over the role of Donna Anna in place of Flurina Stucki. Gotimer has performed at the Arizona Opera, Dayton Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and Palm Beach Opera. Her repertoire includes the music of Mozart, Puccini, {…}
This week the Boston Baroque is set to present a new production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” featuring multiple company debuts and role debuts. Among the major debuts is Sidney Outlaw, who will sing his first Don Giovanni. Outlaw has performed several Mozart works including Leporello in “Don Giovanni,” Guglielmo in “Cosi fan tutte,” and Figaro in “Le Nozze di Figaro.” {…}
The Merola Opera Summer Festival has announced its 2024 season. The entirety of the season will be directed by women. First up is “The Song as Drama.” The vocal recital will be curated by Carrie-Ann Matheson and Nicholas Phan. Performance Date: June 27, 2024 Then comes the Schwabacher Summer Concert featuring extended scenes from works by Donizetti, Gounod, Leoncavallo, Massenet, Puccini, {…}
Boston Baroque is set to present a new production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” The work, which is set to be performed on April 25, 26 and 28 at the Huntington Theatre in Boston, will star Sidney Outlaw in his debut as Don Giovanni, Susanna Phillips as Donna Anna, Patrick Carfizzi as Leporello, Michelle Bradley as Donna Elvira, Maya Kherani as {…}