Production: Cast: The Met: Live in HD<\/em> Director \u2013 Gary Halvorson Producer Ivo van Hove and conductor, Nathalie Stutzmann have been each making their Met debuts on this manufacturing of Mozart\u2019s Don Giovanni<\/em>. Van Hove is the Tony Award-winning director of A View from the Bridge<\/em> and West Side Story<\/em>. In this manufacturing he supplied a brand new tackle the opera utilizing an summary architectural panorama and with a concentrate on the darkness of the story. Stutzmann was a contralto and chamber musician earlier than changing into a conductor. She lately acquired right into a spat with the Met orchestra following feedback she made in The New York Times<\/em>, however they appeared to work collectively effectively on this manufacturing.<\/p>\n Van Hove up to date the manufacturing from seventeeth-century Seville to the current day.\u00a0 Jan Versweyveld\u2019s set consisted of a number of brutalist buildings with winding stairways resulting in darkish hallways and alcoves. The Dutch mathematical graphic artist, M C Escher, offered the inspiration for the designs. The stage was in darkness and half lights for a lot of the manufacturing and at numerous factors smoke rose from the ground underlining the infernal nature of the story. The males wore sharp fits whereas the ladies wore stylish however plain trendy clothes. There was an oppressive monochrome really feel to the manufacturing which was solely dissipated by the daylight within the closing scene.<\/p>\n In the interviews throughout the interval van Hove identified that the unique title of the opera was, \u2018The Libertine Punished\u2019. He mentioned that he wished the viewers to see the darkish soul of the work together with the predatory sexual behaviour and the unpredictable outbursts of violence. There was a big quantity of violence and bloodletting on this manufacturing. Don Giovanni shoots the Commendatore at first of the opera and carries a holstered gun round with him, as do among the different characters (a reference maybe to the shortage of gun management within the US). The Commendatore subsequently wanders across the stage as a ghost-like wraith with the wound in his chest clearly seen. When Don Giovanni assaults Masetto the latter\u2019s face is roofed in blood. The general conception of the work was sensible and added fascinating insights into the opera.<\/p>\n However, there have been additionally some missteps which detracted from the manufacturing. In the ballroom scene on the finish of Act I, many of the forged have been wearing fits and trendy clothes whereas Anna, Elvira and Ottavio arrived carrying eighteenth-century costumes. Mannequins in eighteenth-century costumes have been positioned within the alcoves of the buildings. The mismatch within the costumes and the usage of mannequins was odd and it was not convincing or efficient dramatically. There have been additionally a couple of scenes the place characters have been alleged to be in disguise, however their faces have been clearly seen. The scene the place Elvira supposedly errors Leporello for Don Giovanni grew to become more and more weird as she might see Leporello\u2019s face the entire time.<\/p>\n The forged have been fairly merely excellent and have been firing on all cylinders all through. Peter Mattei appeared to bodily inhabit the position of Don Giovanni. He achieved an ideal stability between the seductive and the extra harmful parts of the character as he moved seamlessly from a ravishing seduction of Zerlina to a violent assault on Masetto. Mattei introduced a cultivated magnificence and a whiff of superiority to the efficiency though the underlying malevolence was by no means removed from the floor. Mattei\u2019s singing was exquisitely lovely all through. He introduced silky legato phrases and a stunning tonal lustre to \u2018La ci darem la mano\u2019 and to the serenade in Act II. The \u2018champagne aria\u2019 in Act I used to be delivered with vibrancy and gusto.<\/p>\n Don Ottavio is usually portrayed as a quite conflicted and reluctant avenger on this opera. Ben Bliss portrayed him in a way more assertive and edgy means. In doing so he made the connection with Donna Anna appear way more credible. He sang \u2018Dalla sua pace\u2019 with beautiful lyricism and sustained the prolonged strains fantastically. Bliss added plenty of very tasteful elaborations to \u2018Il mio tesoro\u2019 and gave a supremely elegant efficiency. Adam Plachetka\u2019s Leporello was extra of a reluctant confederate than a associate in crime to Mattei\u2019s Giovanni. He introduced a lot wanted levity and humour to this very black manufacturing. He sang very effectively though he might often have been tighter rhythmically. He labored effectively together with his orchestral companions and introduced a profitable exuberance to {the catalogue} aria. Alexander Tsymbalyuk was highly effective and authoritative because the Commendatore whereas Alfred Walker gave an achieved efficiency though he did appear just a little outdated to be taking part in Masetto.<\/p>\n The three feminine leads have been spectacular of their respective roles. Federica Lombardi\u2019s Donna Anna was a fiery, sensual determine. Lombardi\u2019s singing was filled with dramatic depth and blazing high notes. She produced a ravishing sound and extremely polished coloratura in \u2018Non mir dir\u2019. Ana Maria Martinez captured the complicated contradictions in Elvira\u2019s character and did a wonderful job navigating the demanding leaps and coloratura within the vocal line. Her efficiency of \u2018Mi Tradi\u2019 was good though I’d have preferred her to convey just a little extra lyricism to the vocal line. Ying Fang\u2019s Zerlina was feisty and assertive, and he or she introduced out the playful parts of the character extraordinarily effectively. She sang with a vocal purity and fantastically modulated colors.<\/p>\n Nathalie Stutzmann is a singer herself and he or she was very attentive to the wants of the forged. The pacing of the fabric was spot on, and I preferred the marginally slower tempo she adopted for \u2018La ci darem\u2019 because it allowed extra space for this most sensuous of seductions to happen. The orchestra fired on all cylinders all through the efficiency and there was a wonderful stability and rapport with the singers.<\/p>\n Erin Morley proved an attractive host for this Live in HD<\/em> manufacturing. In her interviews with the singers, she introduced out fascinating insights in regards to the characters and the strategy that they had taken to this manufacturing. There was additionally an attention-grabbing interview with van Hove and Versweyveld the place they defined the strategy that they had taken to this manufacturing.<\/p>\n Overall, this was a extremely progressive and interesting new manufacturing of Don Giovanni<\/em> that includes superlative singing from a first-rate forged.<\/p>\n Robert Beattie<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n [ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [ad_1] United States Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera, New York \/ Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor). Broadcast Live in HD to Dundonald Omniplex Cinema, Belfast, 20.5.2023. (RB) The forged of The Met\u2019s new Don Giovanni \u00a9 Karen Almond Production:Production \u2013 Ivo Van HoveSet and Lighting \u2013 Jan VersweyveldCostume \u2013 An D\u2019HuysProjection \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-106014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-theatre"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"United](\"https:\/\/seenandheard-international.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/world-flags\/images\/flags\/24\/us.png\" "\\"United")
United States<\/span><\/span><\/span> Mozart, Don Giovanni<\/em>: <\/span><\/strong>Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera, New York \/ Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor). Broadcast Live in HD<\/em> to Dundonald Omniplex Cinema, Belfast, 20.5.2023. (RB)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/seenandheard-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-cast-of-Mozarts-Don-Giovanni.-Photo-Karen-Almond-Met-Opera-20.jpg\")
<\/strong>Production \u2013 Ivo Van Hove
Set and Lighting \u2013 Jan Versweyveld
Costume \u2013 An D\u2019Huys
Projection \u2013 Christopher Ash
Choreographer \u2013 Sara Erde<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Donna Anna \u2013 Federica Lombardi
Donna Elvira \u2013 Ana Maria Martinez
Zerlina \u2013 Ying Fang
Don Ottavio \u2013 Ben Bliss
Don Giovanni \u2013 Peter Mattei
Leporello \u2013 Adam Plachetka
Masetto \u2013 Alfred Walker
Commendatore \u2013 Alexander Tsymbalyuk<\/p>\n
The Met: Live in HD<\/em> Host \u2013 Erin Morley<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/seenandheard-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DonG_6357_C-336x250.jpg\")