"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.

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.

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

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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 Heras – Angel 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]