[ Château de Versailles Spectacles DVD / Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc/DVD ]
Release Date: Friday 23 August 2024
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Don Giovanni was commissioned by the Prague Opera immediately after the success of The Marriage of Figaro: Mozart and Da Ponte chose a subject that had just triumphed a few weeks earlier in Venice, Giuseppe Gazzaniga's Don Giovanni. Taking up the theme of The Deceiver of Seville, which had already been very popular in the theatre since the mid-seventeenth century, Da Ponte focused his work on the libertine character of Don Juan, no doubt inspired by his famous friend Casanova. The result is dazzling, never leaving the spectator the slightest respite between murders, scenes of seduction, cunning and fantastic apparitions: here is a grand spectacle served by extraordinary music, an absolute masterpiece, to which Prague gave an exceptional triumph. Marshall Pynkoski takes the characters here in a dramatic whirlwind dressed in Christian Lacroix's fantasies: Robert Gleadow finally takes on the role of Don Giovanni; and Gaetan Jarry makes the Orchestre de l'Opera Royal shine.
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Gramophone Magazine October 2024 - DVD of the Month
Gramophone Magazine - Critics' Choice 2024
International Classical Music Awards 2025 - Nominated - Video Opera
"In general the cast is made up of fine voices, though with no stars. Robert Gleadow's fast-thinking Giovanni summons up boundless vocal and physical energy...Musically, the period instrumentalists of the Orchestre de L'Opéra Royal offer excellent, amply scaled playing. Gaétan Jarry's tempos are more extreme than usual, but they work" BBC Music Five Stars
"Jarry, a wonderful conductor, gets the mix of titanic fire and deep humanity bang on…This is one of the most compelling, complete and detailed interpretations of Don Giovanni that I've seen in ages. Very highly recommended" Gramophone