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Mozart's Don Giovanni - Glyndebourne Festival 2010

Mozart's Don Giovanni - Glyndebourne Festival 2010

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Mozart's second collaboration with the mercurial librettist Lorenzo da Ponte is among the very blackest of black comedies. Glyndebourne welcomes back the winning team of director Jonathan Kent and designer Paul Brown, while the music is conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. In the title role, the bass-baritone Gerald Finley, joined by Luca Pisaroni, Kate Royal and the young Russian soprano Anna Samuil.

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Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

194 mins

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Release Date

24 December 2010

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Gerald Finley

Gerald Finley

Don Giovanni

Anna Samuil

Anna Samuil

Donna Anna

Kate Royal

Kate Royal

Donna Elvira

Luca Pisaroni

Luca Pisaroni

Leporello

William Burden

William Burden

Don Ottavio

Anna Virovlansky

Anna Virovlansky

Zerlina

Guido Loconsolo

Guido Loconsolo

Masetto

Brindley Sherratt

Brindley Sherratt

Commendatore

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