DON GIOVANNI

IFORD CAST 2011:

Don Giovanni DUNCAN ROCK
Leperello ROSS McINROY
Donna Anna VICTORIA JOYCE
Don Ottavio TYLER CLARKE
Donna Elvira JULIE UNWIN
Zerlina RHIAN LOIS
Masetto JAMES BIRCHALL
Commendatore JAMES BIRCHALL

Conductor  Geoffrey Paterson with the Orchestra of the Swan

THE LOWRY/POOLE/SALISBURY 2012:

Don Giovanni DUNCAN ROCK
Leperello JOHN LOFTHOUSE
Donna Anna VICTORIA JOYCE
Don Ottavio TYLER CLARKE
Donna Elvira JULIE UNWIN
Zerlina RHONA McKAIL
Masetto DICKON GOUGH
Commendatore DICKON GOUGH

Designer  Nigel Howard
Conductor  Robin Newton with the Opera della Luna Ensemble

"For verve and vitality, this freshly minted production of what is possibly Mozart’s finest opera scores in the high nineties. What is special about this company – and Opera della Luna are one of the precious jewels of British theatre – is that they’ll revamp a classic work, including perhaps some topical jokes/references and a smidgeon of naughtiness, while keeping production values high and leaving the spirit of the piece intact, its stature undiminished. It’s that classic strategy of presenting vintage wine in shiny new bottles. And so it proved here with Don Giovanni: terrific singing, an orchestra live on stage, a slue of sublime arias and dramatic scenes, a story that shifted from tragedy to comedy and back again. It was pure and dark, murky and light, quintessentially baroque."

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