"Don Giovanni" de Giuseppe Gazzaniga (1743-1818)

2007, 27 and 29 September and 1 and 3 October in the Teatro Lope de Vega in Seville. Role: Pasquariello.

Giuseppe Gazzaniga wrote over 44 operas between 1768 and 1807, including this "Don Giovanni", which marked their biggest hit and was premiered in Venice on 5 February 1787, some eight months before that of Mozart. Gazzaniga is a master at his art as any other in the S. XVIII: knows how to build scenes, characterize the characters and effectively achieve the musical effect. All score dramatically testifies to the dramatic ability of the composer-musician. This is undoubtedly, after Mozart's, the most interesting S. XVIII opera about Don Juan.



Don Giovanni, G. Gazzaniga. Catalog Aria.

Press

"The best, the Pasquariello of Alfredo Garcia, Leporello in one piece, by nerve, duplicity and cunning, and finally here, a strong voice"
Newspaper El Mundo. Octubre 3, 2007


"The best voices were undoubtedly those of Garcia, imposing great actor and voice ... "
Diario de Sevilla. September 28, 2007.




Videos  


Recording held in the Teatro Lope de Vega in Seville on October 3, 2007.    





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Don Giovanni by G. Gazazniga: Catalog Aria

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Cast

Don Giovanni   Agustín Prunell-Friend   Tenor 
Pasquariello   Alfredo García   Baritone 
Donna Anna   María Espada   Soprano 
Donna Ximena   Lola Casariego   Mezzosoprano  
Donna Elvira   María Rodríguez   Soprano 
Maturina   Raquel Lojendio   Soprano 
Duca Ottavio   Eduardo Santamaría   Tenor 
Lanterna   Juan Antonio Sanabria   Tenor 
Il comendatore   Alfonso Echevarría   Bass 
Biagio   Joan Martín-Royo   Bass 


Conductor: Pablo González
Director Guillermo HerasAngel Luis Ojea
Set designer Guillermo Heras
Costume Ana Rodrigo
Lighting Designe Juanjo de la Fuente




Documents

"Don Giovanni" by Giuseppe Gazzaniga.

About the myth (article by Guillermo Heras before the premiere)

Gazzaniga's Don Giovanni. Synopsis

Libretto in Italian and Spanish [198 KB] (translated by Angel Ojea)

Full program of the Opera [2.379 KB]






Printable Version


Music and poetry
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