Name: Don Giovanni
Start: 2022-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Théâtre Royal de Liège

Organization

Singer

Baritone

Davide Luciano

Don Giovanni

Bass

Shadi Torbey

Commendatore

Soprano

Maria Grazia Schiavo

Donna Anna

Tenor

Maxim Mironov

Don Ottavio

Josè Maria Lo Monaco

Donna Elvira

Laurent Kubla

Leporello

Pierre Doyen

Masetto

Sarah Defrise

Zerlina

Stage director

Jaco van Dormael

Conductor

Christophe Rousset

Ayrton Desimpelaere

Lighting designer

Nicolas Olivier

Costume designer

Fernand Ruiz

Set designer

Vincent Lemaire

Chorus master

Denis Segond

Opéra Royal de Wallonie - Liège

Others

Choeur de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège

Orchestra

Royal Opera of Wallonia Orchestra

Les Talens Lyriques

Italian

Liège

Belgium

Théâtre Royal de Liège

Don Giovanni Mozart

Public

Approved

“The day before the performance, Mozart told his wife that he was going to write the overture during the night and asked her to make him a punch and stay with him to keep him awake. […] But Mozart fell asleep so well that Constance did not wake him until five o'clock. At seven o'clock, the opening was on paper. The copyists had a hard time getting ready, and the opera orchestra performed it perfectly at first glance. "- GEORG NIKOLAUS VON NISSEN, BIOGRAPHER OF WA MOZART

The second collaboration between Mozart and Da Ponte was destined for Prague where the success of the Nozze had been such that a new order was placed in 1787. The result was this absolute masterpiece, Il dissoluto punito ossia il Don Giovanni , l opera which, with Die Zauberflöte, would shine in a unique way on the future. It is about love, a permanent theme in Mozart. Don Giovanniis unique because it does not involve real couples in love. The tasty "air of the catalog" is only a comical but accounting inventory. There is no love duet. Even the famous “La ci darem la mano” is closer to an erotic promise than a declaration. Here, love is one-sided. Ottavio loves Anna who makes him feel bad. The young Masetto loves the sassy Zerlina and Elvira loves Don Giovanni who doesn't love any… but wants them all! A meditation on love and seduction ...

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer