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The live recording of Don Giovanni conducted by Georg Solti at the Royal Opera House in 1962 captures an unusually strong performance featuring an outstanding cast of Mozart veterans, many of them at the height of their powers. Cesare Siepi's Don Giovanni (his debut performance at the house) is a model of easy, youthful arrogance, and vocally he's in top form, singing with full, rich tone and agility, tossing off "Fin ch'han dal vino," with effortless-sounding confidence. Geraint Evans is entirely convincing as Leporello, giving him a coarseness that sets him distinctly apart from the Don's refinement, and their interactions have the necessary fleetness to maximize the humor. The women -- Sena Jurinac as Donna Elvira, Leyla Gencer as Donna Anna and Mirella Freni as Zerlina -- are clearly differentiated vocally and dramatically, and each sings with passion and tonal purity. Freni's and Siepi's "Là ci darem la mano" is unusually sensuous, conveying the full extent of the danger into which Zerlina is imminently slipping. Richard Lewis and Robert Savoie deliver strong performances as Don Ottavio and Masetto, and David Ward is genuinely terrifying as the Commendatore. Solti conducts with total mastery of Mozart's psychologically complex score, and the orchestra, with the strings wisely reduced to replicate the size of a Classical orchestra, plays with plenty of snap, and when necessary, fury. The high level of all the performances makes this a version that should be of strong interest to lovers of the opera, even though its sound quality (which is well-balanced and relatively clean for a live recording of the era) doesn't match that of a studio recording.
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Mozart: Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Covent Garden Orchestra, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Richard Lewis, FeaturedArtist - David Ward, FeaturedArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Leyla Gencer, FeaturedArtist - Cesare Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Geraint Evans, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Richard Lewis, FeaturedArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Leyla Gencer, FeaturedArtist - Geraint Evans, FeaturedArtist - Cesarei Siepi, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Cesare Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Sena Jurinac, FeaturedArtist - Geraint Evans, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Sena Jurinac, FeaturedArtist - Geraint Evans, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Mirella Freni, FeaturedArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Cesare Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Geraint Evans, FeaturedArtist - Covent Garden Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Robert Savoie, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Mirella Freni, FeaturedArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Cesare Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Sena Jurinac, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Richard Lewis, FeaturedArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Leyla Gencer, FeaturedArtist - Cesare Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Sena Jurinac, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Richard Lewis, FeaturedArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Leyla Gencer, FeaturedArtist - Cesare Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Sena Jurinac, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Richard Lewis, FeaturedArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Leyla Gencer, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Richard Lewis, FeaturedArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
DISC 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Mirella Freni, FeaturedArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Geraint Evans, FeaturedArtist - Cesarei Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Robert Savoie, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Mirella Freni, FeaturedArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Cesare Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Robert Savoie, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Mirella Freni, FeaturedArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Cesare Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Covent Garden Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Robert Savoie, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Leyla Gencer, FeaturedArtist - Cesare Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Sena Jurinac, FeaturedArtist - Geraint Evans, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Richard Lewis, FeaturedArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Mirella Freni, FeaturedArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Leyla Gencer, FeaturedArtist - Cesare Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Sena Jurinac, FeaturedArtist - Geraint Evans, FeaturedArtist - Robert Savoie, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Cesare Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Geraint Evans, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Cesare Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Sena Jurinac, FeaturedArtist - Geraint Evans, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Cesare Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Robert Savoie, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Mirella Freni, FeaturedArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Cesare Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Robert Savoie, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Mirella Freni, FeaturedArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Sena Jurinac, FeaturedArtist - Geraint Evans, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Richard Lewis, FeaturedArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Mirella Freni, FeaturedArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Leyla Gencer, FeaturedArtist - Sena Jurinac, FeaturedArtist - Geraint Evans, FeaturedArtist - Robert Savoie, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Richard Lewis, FeaturedArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Mirella Freni, FeaturedArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Sena Jurinac, FeaturedArtist - Geraint Evans, FeaturedArtist - Robert Savoie, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Richard Lewis, FeaturedArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
DISC 3
David Ward, FeaturedArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Cesare Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Sena Jurinac, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Richard Lewis, FeaturedArtist - David Ward, FeaturedArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Leyla Gencer, FeaturedArtist - Cesare Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Geraint Evans, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Richard Lewis, FeaturedArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Leyla Gencer, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Cesare Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Geraint Evans, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Cesare Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Sena Jurinac, FeaturedArtist - Geraint Evans, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
David Ward, FeaturedArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Cesare Siepi, FeaturedArtist - Geraint Evans, FeaturedArtist - Covent Garden Chorus, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Richard Lewis, FeaturedArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor - Leyla Gencer, FeaturedArtist - Sena Jurinac, FeaturedArtist - Geraint Evans, FeaturedArtist - Robert Savoie, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer, MainArtist - Georg Solti, Conductor
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
Albumbeschreibung
The live recording of Don Giovanni conducted by Georg Solti at the Royal Opera House in 1962 captures an unusually strong performance featuring an outstanding cast of Mozart veterans, many of them at the height of their powers. Cesare Siepi's Don Giovanni (his debut performance at the house) is a model of easy, youthful arrogance, and vocally he's in top form, singing with full, rich tone and agility, tossing off "Fin ch'han dal vino," with effortless-sounding confidence. Geraint Evans is entirely convincing as Leporello, giving him a coarseness that sets him distinctly apart from the Don's refinement, and their interactions have the necessary fleetness to maximize the humor. The women -- Sena Jurinac as Donna Elvira, Leyla Gencer as Donna Anna and Mirella Freni as Zerlina -- are clearly differentiated vocally and dramatically, and each sings with passion and tonal purity. Freni's and Siepi's "Là ci darem la mano" is unusually sensuous, conveying the full extent of the danger into which Zerlina is imminently slipping. Richard Lewis and Robert Savoie deliver strong performances as Don Ottavio and Masetto, and David Ward is genuinely terrifying as the Commendatore. Solti conducts with total mastery of Mozart's psychologically complex score, and the orchestra, with the strings wisely reduced to replicate the size of a Classical orchestra, plays with plenty of snap, and when necessary, fury. The high level of all the performances makes this a version that should be of strong interest to lovers of the opera, even though its sound quality (which is well-balanced and relatively clean for a live recording of the era) doesn't match that of a studio recording.
© TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 32 track(s)
- Total length: 02:45:13
- Main artists: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Label: Opera d'Oro
- Genre: Klassiek Opera
(C) 2006 Opera d'Oro (P) 2006 Opera d'Oro
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