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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 ...
If the “Don Giovanni” production seems a bit conservative for a man known for his inventive use of video and projections, his next Met assignment promises to be different.
Christopher Reeve's children are recalling the first time they spoke to their dad after his life-altering 1995 equestrian accident that left him paralyzed. Alexandra, 40, recalled how stepmother ...
video directed by Peter Sellars cast and costumed in the manner of a modern blaxploitation movie, set in Spanish Harlem: DVD: Decca Cat: 071 4119 9 DH 1990 Samuel Ramey Ferruccio Furlanetto Carol Vaness Jerry Hadley Karita Mattila Dawn Upshaw Philip Cokorinos Kurt Moll: James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus DVD: The Opera Lovers ...
Don Giovanni, o sia Il convitato di pietra, [1] (English: Don Giovanni, or The Stone Guest) also known as Don Giovanni Tenorio [2] is a one-act opera ( dramma giocoso) by the Italian composer Giuseppe Gazzaniga. The opera was first performed at the Teatro San Moisè, Venice, on 5 February 1787, the same day as Francesco Gardi's [ it] opera Don ...
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 ...