tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post3927318714137330488..comments2024-03-12T17:53:27.753+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Don Giovanni: treasure troveDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-54434102389158335702016-11-15T11:42:05.338+00:002016-11-15T11:42:05.338+00:00I find it a bit visually overloaded - like the Don...I find it a bit visually overloaded - like the Don G/Zerlina scene, I think it is, where they wander through endless rooms of people preparing delicious food. Can't stand the singing of Edda Moser's Anna either. But in any case I ordered it up for the class, it got lodged at a post office with money to pay for it and sent back before I could collect it, so we made do as before (and with no regrets) with the DVD of Deborah Warner's Glyndebourne production.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-22082366098033331422016-11-15T06:43:24.173+00:002016-11-15T06:43:24.173+00:00The production in the Losey film is very convincin...The production in the Losey film is very convincing, especially as to Do Giovanni himself. The business of the descent into hell being tied to the fires at the glass factory at Murano is a bit forcedDavid Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-17877358979517344892016-11-14T22:57:12.630+00:002016-11-14T22:57:12.630+00:00Thanks, AnneC. No, I didn't know that. I see W...Thanks, AnneC. No, I didn't know that. I see Walter Felsenstein, no doubt unfairly, through the filter of his son Johannes, who directed several ludicrously overdone productions in Dessau which I saw when a friend was the repetiteur there in the early 1990s. But I'd like to see it. <br /><br />Had also ordered up the Losey film to show in the class, but it sat in the post office waiting for collection because money was owing on it and before I could claim it they sent it back to the source.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-81687116983375995222016-11-14T22:49:43.717+00:002016-11-14T22:49:43.717+00:00If you don't already know it, there is a DVD o...If you don't already know it, there is a DVD of Walter Felsenstein's version of Don Giovanni for the Komische Oper in Berlin. I think it dates from the late 60s or early 70s and is interesting as it must be among the first staged operas to be filmed. I haven't seen it myself but may be worth investigating. It was one of the last works he committed to film (other operas include Ritter Blaubart and Othello)AnneCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-53896227806354387782016-11-13T23:33:27.973+00:002016-11-13T23:33:27.973+00:00Currentzis. He does seem to be a real Renaissance ...Currentzis. He does seem to be a real Renaissance man, but with the slightly scattergun habit of the country where he mostly works. Factual errors in both the Don Giovanni and Sacre notes.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-24582927242860339432016-11-13T23:23:36.351+00:002016-11-13T23:23:36.351+00:00So who is 'our polymath you mention
LiamSo who is 'our polymath you mention<br /><br />LiamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com