Broadcasts from the Lyric Opera of Chicago return to Classical 90.5 at noon this Saturday, May 16th, with a performance of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. The performance will be sung in Italian and will run approximately three and a half hours. Sir Andrew Davis conducts.
In one of the most enthralling and brilliantly constructed operas in the repertory, Mozart challenges all the senses, presenting musical characterizations of piercing psychological depth. Don Giovanni is an infinitely nuanced nobleman and rake who lives for his libido, arrogantly flouting the most basic social conventions. Only Leporello, his trickster servant, adds a comic note as he helps his master make his conquests. Don Giovanni racks up a long list of enemies who seek to bring him down. In the end, however, only divine retribution can deliver justice.
CAST
Don Giovanni: Mariusz Kwiecien
Donna Anna: Marina Rebeka
Donna Elvira: Ana María Martínez
Leporello: Kyle Ketelsen
Don Ottavio: Antonio Poli
Il Commendatore: Andrea Silvestrelli
Zerlina: Andriana Chuchman
Masetto: Michael Sumuel
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