Stars: Gilles Cachemaille, Steven Page, Hillevi Martinpelto, Adrianne Pieczonka, John Mark Ainsley, Juliane Banse, Roberto Scaltriti, Orch Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Glyndebourne Chorus, Yakov Kreisberg

Director: Deborah Warner

Summary: A performance of Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni' which tells the story of a seducer who lies and murders to get what he wants. Sung in Italian.

Yakov Kreizberg directs this version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's timeless opera. Gilles Cahemaille plays the title role.

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Deborah Warner's 1995 production of Don Giovannifor Glyndebourne is characterised by a central portrayal of the Don as at once evil and sexually magnetic. Gilles Cachemille has at one at the same time a raffish charm and a deep mean-spiritedness--many Don Giovannis don't bully his servant nearly as much as this one, and Warner pushes his sinfulness all the way into sacrilege--apart from mocking the Commendatore's grave effigy, this Giovanni also has his way with a statue of the Madonna. Pieczonka's Elvira is at once stately and sensual--there is no sense of hysteria here, rather more of a deep sadness and sense of a ruined life. Page's Leporello is a wonderful long-faced clown; his catalogue aria is at once genuinely funny and a rather sadistic tease of Elvira. Though Kreizberg is working with authentic forces, the feel of his performance has a passionate gloominess that teeters on the brink of Romanticism without ever exceeding the work's adventurousness. The DVD comes with subtitles in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish, as well as a full printable text of the libretto. --Roz Kaveney

Aspect Ratio:	4:3 Full Frame
Main Language:	Italian
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Scene Access, Character Profiles, Additional Text - 1. Synopsis, Booklet
Subtitles:	English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Year:	1995
Release Date:	August 21, 2000
Runtime:	176 minutes
Certification:	Exempt.
Catalogue Number:	0630 14015 2
Keywords:	Music, Don, Subtitled, Opera, Festival, Giovanni, Glyndebourne, Works, Italian, Stage, Classical, Performing, Operetta, Arts
Genre:	Music/Performing Arts