Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni (2005)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 5 ch) | 187 min | 7,17+4,11 Gb (DVD9+DVD5)
Classical | Label: Arthaus Musik | Sub: Italiano, English, Francais, Espanol, Japanese, Deutsch | Recorded: 2001
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 5 ch) | 187 min | 7,17+4,11 Gb (DVD9+DVD5)
Classical | Label: Arthaus Musik | Sub: Italiano, English, Francais, Espanol, Japanese, Deutsch | Recorded: 2001
The overwhelming success of the Prague performance of Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) in December 1786, led to the commissioning of a new opera. Mozart and his librettist Lorenzo da Ponte turned to the Don Juan theme, making this promising material the basis for their new opera. In the spring of 1787 Mozart began to compose it in Vienna, and was able to complete it in Prague by the autumn of the same year. Don Giovanni received its first performance, under the composer’s personal direction, on 20 October 1787 at Prague’s Count Nostitz National Theatre. This production of Don Giovanni at the Zurich Opera House was staged by the highly creative team of conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, director Jürgen Flimm and set-designer Erich Wonder. Rodney Gilfry and Cecilia Bartoli lead a first-class group of singers.
Performer:
Don Giovanni - Rodney Gilfry
Leporello - László Polgár
Donna Anna - Isabel Rey
Donna Elvira - Cecilia Bartoli
Don Ottavio - Roberto Saccá
Zerlina - Liliana Nikiteanu
Masetto - Oliver Widmer
Commendatore - Matti Salminen
Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich
Conductor - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Stage Director - Jürgen Flimm