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Premiere. 29 October 1787 (1787-10-29) Estates Theatre, Prague. Don Giovanni (Italian pronunciation: [ˌdɔn dʒoˈvanni]; K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, literally The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
Zerlina. "Là ci darem la mano", number 7 in the score, starts in the key of A major with a tempo indication of andante and a time signature of 2/4. The vocal range for Don Giovanni covers E 3 to E 4, Zerlina's range covers E 4 to F ♯5. The piece is labelled a "duettino", a "little duet". This may be because the two roles sing only as a duet ...
Frédéric Chopin 's Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" for piano and orchestra, Op. 2, was written in 1827, when he was aged 17. "Là ci darem la mano" is a duet sung by Don Giovanni and Zerlina in act 1 of Mozart's 1787 opera Don Giovanni. In a manuscript of this composition, dedicated to his schoolfriend Tytus Woyciechowski, the latter ...
His most successful opera was his Don Giovanni Tenorio written in 1787 to a libretto by Giovanni Bertati, possibly an inspiration for the libretto of Mozart's Don Giovanni. His last opera, Martino Carbonaro, was performed at the Teatro San Moisè in Venice in 1801. [1] He also wrote a symphony and three piano concertos. [2]
Works. Righini is the creator of the second opera on the theme of Don Giovanni, composed for the Prague stage. [2] He is considered a skillful, but not very original composer, who often took advantage of the innovations of other composers. [2] His Don Giovanni was performed in 1997 at the Dejvické divadlo in Prague, and in 2003 at the ...
Sherrill Milnes. Sherrill Milnes (born January 10, 1935) is an American dramatic baritone most famous for his Verdi roles. From 1965 until 1997 he was associated with the Metropolitan Opera. His voice is a high dramatic baritone, combining good legato with an incisive rhythmic style. By 1965, aged 30, he had made his debut at the Metropolitan ...
Mozart's second visit to Prague and the premiere of Don Giovanni. Mozart came to Prague for the second time to help supervise the first performance of his opera Don Giovanni. He arrived on 4 October 1787 and stayed until 12 or 13 November. [8] The premiere of the opera was supposed to have taken place on 15 October, but could not be arranged ...
A catalogue aria is a genre of opera aria in which the singer recounts a list of information (people, places, food, dance steps, etc.) that was popular in Italian comic opera in the latter half of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The traditional devices of the catalogue aria include a solidly neutral opening, a section of rising ...