I love this production. The close-ups bring the characters' emotions more intimately to the viewer. And it's juat so lively and engaging. And the sub-titles are a scream.
with playing and singing like this one can put up with the jeans and mobile and at least there is some hint of the 18th century - very clever and thoroughly musical.
It is fortunate that "Don Giovanni" is such a transcendent work of art that it will survive productions such as this. In many ways this is more about the foibles of the 21st century than about what Mozart and Da Ponte wrote which is a pity as musically this is a fine performance. When the subtitles have to be general interpretations rather than literal translations, the production has perhaps strayed too far from the original and is hard on those of us who understand what the characters are actually saying and ignore the subtitles. I admit that I generally don't appreciate modernized productions of classic works, but there are some for which modernization works, and indeed "Don Giovanni" is one of them. For a modernized production which works - and works magnificently - see the 2017 performance of "Don Giovanni" from the Theatre des Martyrs Bruxelles also on TH-cam.
@@rafaelvoncina6036 Yes, I believe that is the one, with Philippe Sly as Giovanni, that I meant. Perhaps the performance I saw some years ago in person at the New York MET was superior musically, but as a work of theatre that performance is magnificent.
Why do modern directors allways feel the need to "actualise" music theatre of the past? And why is music the only victim of this snobism? Rembrandt and Shakespeare are also long dead but their works are left intact. That constant filming with the smartphone f.i. is irritating and childish.
@@probonopublico9229 Exactly. If opera was close-minded in the approach and different interpretations didn't exist, the genre would be dead centuries ago. I'm not saying that every production has to be modern, but the magic of opera is that everyone can give it new meanings and new life through different productions and ways of approaching the subject. People who think opera has a definite way of being performed, are close minded. Opera fans are like Star Wars fans, nobody hates them more than their own fans.
A wonderful, innovative performance. Great staging, great playing and fabulous singing. I really like how the (usually weird) relationship between Anna and Ottavio is realised - obviously, she is grieving, but to play Ottavio as a spoilt brat works very well indeed.
I really try, maybe its the 3rd time i try to watch this version, i fail in all... This modernity kills all magical ambience of Don Giovanni... Go back watch the Karajan 80s version.
Not sure what you mean by "modernity". You can't stage something like they would have in the 1780s. The costumes in this are no further from historical than the Karajan version (OK, maybe a little) - if you watch it now, it looks sooo 1980s. Plus, the Karajan version is way too Romantic, and sounds slow and plodding to me. Great performances in there though.
Very charming, amusing, really fresh - full of good ideas. The ladies (Donna Anna and Donna Elvira especially) are better in general, the gentlemen voice are not trained and strong and vivid enough, maybe Leporello is better. Unfortunately, the Commendatore is not a real basso. But no problem, I am happy having seen it. (2021.) The orchestra is surprisingly good. Congratulation. What happened to these youngsters in the latest 7 years, I wonder.
Mozart would have loved this performance in Helsinki. If we consider that Da Ponte's libretto is actually a remake of the work of Giuseppe Bertati (january 1787) being a very recent success in Vienna with Giuseppe Gazzaniga's Don Giovanni, Il Convitato di Pietra. He can't be offended by reinventing the language or any other feature in an opera. Don Giovanni can all be traced back to Tirso De Molina who wrote the story first: El Burlador de Sevilla in 1616... then Molière, Goldoni. I think it's about bringing opera alive to contemporary taste, not treason to Da Ponte who always adapted pre-existing plots; the quality of his elaboration gave the stories new life.
@@josemanuelmallo I'd rather say that in some parts the subtitles were just trying to convey a more approachable text enriching it with modern comedy. But I never thought of treason while watching it. I like this Finnish representation very much not because I love every rendition I see. When I watched a traditional version at LaScala (1987) with Riccardo Muti and Giorgio Strehler...I thought it was too serious like watching a bank clerk or a school principal instead of a libertine, a spoiled brat. That performance made me imagine Don Giovanni as a covert narcissist/philanderer, an old creep...in some ways that maybe was far from Mozart's vision. No fun, no comedy, no juvenile foolish behaviour. There was a reason if Mozart had chosen for his first Don Giovanni a 22 years old singer. He wanted his work to be playful as an opera buffa...Both DaPonte and Mozart were like Don Giovanni in true life. Mozart (playful womanizer) sadly died young but DaPonte (old creep) in his long life was charged with publice concubinage and banished from Venice. We find both these types of skirt chasers in real life...and of course the unfaithful women. I think Mozart would have let his masterpiece fly high. Cheers to you José :)
@@mmm-ko9my These are different matters. Strictly speaking of translation, it is innacurate, mainly because it cannot convey the meaning the author intended or just because the job was beyond the capabilities of the translator. This is a fairly common problem. Regarding Mozart and Da Ponte, I'm aware of their personalities. However, it is necessary to point that staging the scene in a way not intended or imagined by the authors is, inevitably, a sort of treason. It is perfectly possible to stage the piece in time and place without loosing humour of fidelity. And for God's sake, I wish to witness in theater once at least, a performance where Don Juan is represented as Tirso de Molina conceived him. Truly I have no interest in the fantasies, interpretations or additions of a fancy regisseur.
De las tres versiones que voy viendo hasta ahora es la que más me gusta, muy buena la orquesta y las interpretaciones. Pero tiene muchos anuncios publicitarios.
I just don't understand why great operas have to be modernised. Is it for fame or recognition? I don't really know, but I prefer actually knowing what's happening than having to vaguely interpret it.
Este es un excelente ejemplo, de como arruinar una obra inmortal, la puesta en escena es espantosa, los cantantes son muy buenos, pero esta supuesta modernidad, es una burla.
In general I like Regie versions, and I find this more stimulating than the version that HvK conducted in the 80's although it boasted of superior vocalists. For those who like modern takes on this opera I recommend the version (available on YT) with Philip Sly and a superb Donna Anna (Eleanor Burrato) and a much better Ottavio.
Several operas have already been composed in Prague, "Don Juan", and the last in 1787: "Don Giovanni Tenorio" by Giuseppe Gazzaniga (Giuseppe Gazzaniga, survey: 5.02.1787). Amadeus received 100 ducats (in advance) to compose his "Don Juan" for the Prague opera (survey: 29. 10. 1787). By evolution, grinding, Gacanigin's Don Juan became Mozart's Don Juan!
@@theovlachOh shut up, will you? You’re one of the reasons crap like this gets around the operatic world. By endorsing distasteful and frankly disgustingly disrespectful to the original narrative and slowly bringing opera closer to its demise. One of the main reasons young people are disinterested in opera nowadays is because they find the story hard to follow, and mostly this is a problem caused by modern productions distorting the original intention of the composer and his librettist. Another big factor in opera’s dwindling popularity is that many modern productions usually have very bland and frankly boring set designs. How are people supposed to not be bored while looking at a blank room for 4 hours like in a certain infamous Macbeth a few years ago… I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: if mediocrity prevails,the public will vanish; and people like you are only endorsing this sad reality…
I like this performance. The singers sing very well (except from Ottavio). Mozarts music and his portraying art is exceptional, and Da Pontes persons exciting. But action with counts, servants, peasant girls and commendatores seams a bit old fashioned today. I like the attemps to give this wonderful music and the gallery of persons a modern interpretation. This version is absolutely not perfect, and especialy the attitudes of Don Giovanni seems foolish and not trustworthy for a womanizer. But generally I liked it very much.
tHIS IS A VERSION by someone whos is , like Don Giovanni, void of any ideas and feelings, From that point of view maybe a "success". What a pity! Terrible days1
¡Qué torpe registro! ¿Primeros planos y recortes para ver un espectáculo? ¡Un horror! Una pena no poder disfrutar una plenitud una puesta en escena tan interesante.
I'm pretty impressed, too. The singing is very good (though not excellent) and the production in general is unusual but interesting. I didn't like the "smartphone-views", though, I thought that was kinda lame. But overall an excellent performance. And the subtitles are great!
Face-sitting at 11:35. What the hell was that? He could've just hand-choked the poor old guy. :) But I love this production. Singing and orchestral playing are competent; and the use of cell phones is not off-putting..
You have plenty of your boring standard versions of this piece. For those that realise that opera is a living thing and need to progress - this is a very good production Indeed.
Good singing spoiled by this dreadful production. I completely agree with most comments that modernity is killing opera. This is not Mozart at all, but just utter rubbish.
Estás errado muchachito.... El sonido es muy bueno, claro que sí, qué digo!... Hay calidad aquí, aunque yo le sacaría unas notas, nada más... Unas pocas notas y quedará perfecta!!!!!!
From Italy to Finland: thank you for this wonderful performance.
great staging, great voices, one of the better DG's on YT, and that is saying a lot
The arrival of the Dead Commendatore is definitely one of those shivers down your spine moments. I love a good bass
kurt moll andrea silvestrelli marti talvela gootlob frick giorgio tadeo top 5 commendatores
Magnificent production! A landmark in performing arts!
Very good, enjoyable. Thank you.
J'ai adoré. Pourtant, j'en ai vu et écouté beaucoup, des DG. Je suis absolument ravie. Merci aussi au chef et et à l'orchestre.
I never tire of this! Heartfelt thanks for sharing.
This performance has lead me to appreciate Mozart as an operatic composer. I love productions which stray off the beaten path. Bravo.
The best opera I've seen! Singing, costumes, set, HUMOUR, Mozart would have loved it!
Wow! What a great production! The translations into English are particularly timely and accurately portray the social context and meaning.
I love this production. The close-ups bring the characters' emotions more intimately to the viewer. And it's juat so lively and engaging. And the sub-titles are a scream.
Well this is a modern twist, and I love it!
with playing and singing like this one can put up with the jeans and mobile and at least there is some hint of the 18th century - very clever and thoroughly musical.
Такие молодые, красивые, задорные!!! Засмотришься и заслушаешься!!! Браво!!! Донна Анна бесподобна!!!!!!
The last scene with the Commendatore up 15 feet in the air is amazing -- unforgettable!
I agree!
This MUST be released on DVD/Bluray for a wider audience to procure this interpretation legally.
This shall be preserved for posterity.
Timeless productions are the best.
Going to see this masterpiece next September.
Great singing and great acting too. 👍
It is fortunate that "Don Giovanni" is such a transcendent work of art that it will survive productions such as this. In many ways this is more about the foibles of the 21st century than about what Mozart and Da Ponte wrote which is a pity as musically this is a fine performance. When the subtitles have to be general interpretations rather than literal translations, the production has perhaps strayed too far from the original and is hard on those of us who understand what the characters are actually saying and ignore the subtitles. I admit that I generally don't appreciate modernized productions of classic works, but there are some for which modernization works, and indeed "Don Giovanni" is one of them. For a modernized production which works - and works magnificently - see the 2017 performance of "Don Giovanni" from the Theatre des Martyrs Bruxelles also on TH-cam.
Do you perhaps mean this one performed at Festival international d'Art lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence le 7 juillet 2017? I really enjoy it.
@@rafaelvoncina6036 Yes, I believe that is the one, with Philippe Sly as Giovanni, that I meant. Perhaps the performance I saw some years ago in person at the New York MET was superior musically, but as a work of theatre that performance is magnificent.
Why do modern directors allways feel the need to "actualise" music theatre of the past? And why is music the only victim of this snobism? Rembrandt and Shakespeare are also long dead but their works are left intact. That constant filming with the smartphone f.i. is irritating and childish.
Looking at this setting flor this wonderful opera, I only must agree with Franco Zefirelli w hen he said that "Modernity is killing the opera".
I fully and wholeheartily agree
i stopped watching as soon as Don G killed the Commendatore by sitting on his face lol
I guess it all depends on if you believe opera should be trapped in amber and never change.
Yes, like in the song: "Sit on my face, and tell me that you love me".
@@probonopublico9229 Exactly. If opera was close-minded in the approach and different interpretations didn't exist, the genre would be dead centuries ago. I'm not saying that every production has to be modern, but the magic of opera is that everyone can give it new meanings and new life through different productions and ways of approaching the subject. People who think opera has a definite way of being performed, are close minded. Opera fans are like Star Wars fans, nobody hates them more than their own fans.
Horrible to look at, amazing to listen to.
This Leporello sings very good
A wonderful, innovative performance. Great staging, great playing and fabulous singing. I really like how the (usually weird) relationship between Anna and Ottavio is realised - obviously, she is grieving, but to play Ottavio as a spoilt brat works very well indeed.
It's always wonderful and terrify to watch
I really try, maybe its the 3rd time i try to watch this version, i fail in all... This modernity kills all magical ambience of Don Giovanni... Go back watch the Karajan 80s version.
No one cares, watch and hear the thing you like and conceal your self in your perfect bubble. Don't bother others.
@@theovlach I don't think your response was warranted. Maybe you should take your own advice and let other people voice their opinion.
Not sure what you mean by "modernity". You can't stage something like they would have in the 1780s. The costumes in this are no further from historical than the Karajan version (OK, maybe a little) - if you watch it now, it looks sooo 1980s. Plus, the Karajan version is way too Romantic, and sounds slow and plodding to me. Great performances in there though.
Que encenação ridícula e de mau gosto !
@@jpiccone1 Abbado's version is good: th-cam.com/video/nV1yNgiEvIQ/w-d-xo.html
excelente!
Very good!!
2021.09.04.DON GIOVANNI in BUDAPEST! MÜPA! Gyertek! Akik szintén ezen operába vagytok "bele-szerelmesedve"!
:DD потрясающе!!
Very charming, amusing, really fresh - full of good ideas. The ladies (Donna Anna and Donna Elvira especially) are better in general, the gentlemen voice are not trained and strong and vivid enough, maybe Leporello is better. Unfortunately, the Commendatore is not a real basso. But no problem, I am happy having seen it. (2021.) The orchestra is surprisingly good. Congratulation. What happened to these youngsters in the latest 7 years, I wonder.
Many thanks (brilliant)
Mozart is always above commetents
Ottimo spettacolo
30.00 Madamina...Love His voice ! He is avesome...
Love him! And his face!! 30:33 :D
Agree
3:20:16 - Commendatore Scene (Thank me later)!!!!!
You are the best
@@mikayel1998 Wow! Thank You! 😅
Thank you indeed. WoW.
I líke don giovanni
sì lui è carino...
Bravi!!
Denna publicering har jag väntat på alltsedan jag såg föreställningen på Alexandersteatern. Hurraa!
Please make this available to buy.
Certainly different and the audience loved it.
Don Giovanni and Leporello reminds you of Rick and Morty 24:10
Leporello, extraordinary
I must add that the subtitles add to the treason to Da Ponte. A sad spectacle indeed.
Mozart would have loved this performance in Helsinki. If we consider that Da Ponte's libretto is actually a remake of the work of Giuseppe Bertati (january 1787) being a very recent success in Vienna with Giuseppe Gazzaniga's Don Giovanni, Il Convitato di Pietra. He can't be offended by reinventing the language or any other feature in an opera. Don Giovanni can all be traced back to Tirso De Molina who wrote the story first: El Burlador de Sevilla in 1616... then Molière, Goldoni. I think it's about bringing opera alive to contemporary taste, not treason to Da Ponte who always adapted pre-existing plots; the quality of his elaboration gave the stories new life.
@@mmm-ko9myThe translation is innacurate.
@@josemanuelmallo I'd rather say that in some parts the subtitles were just trying to convey a more approachable text enriching it with modern comedy. But I never thought of treason while watching it. I like this Finnish representation very much not because I love every rendition I see. When I watched a traditional version at LaScala (1987) with Riccardo Muti and Giorgio Strehler...I thought it was too serious like watching a bank clerk or a school principal instead of a libertine, a spoiled brat. That performance made me imagine Don Giovanni as a covert narcissist/philanderer, an old creep...in some ways that maybe was far from Mozart's vision. No fun, no comedy, no juvenile foolish behaviour. There was a reason if Mozart had chosen for his first Don Giovanni a 22 years old singer. He wanted his work to be playful as an opera buffa...Both DaPonte and Mozart were like Don Giovanni in true life. Mozart (playful womanizer) sadly died young but DaPonte (old creep) in his long life was charged with publice concubinage and banished from Venice. We find both these types of skirt chasers in real life...and of course the unfaithful women. I think Mozart would have let his masterpiece fly high. Cheers to you José :)
@@mmm-ko9my These are different matters. Strictly speaking of translation, it is innacurate, mainly because it cannot convey the meaning the author intended or just because the job was beyond the capabilities of the translator. This is a fairly common problem. Regarding Mozart and Da Ponte, I'm aware of their personalities. However, it is necessary to point that staging the scene in a way not intended or imagined by the authors is, inevitably, a sort of treason. It is perfectly possible to stage the piece in time and place without loosing humour of fidelity. And for God's sake, I wish to witness in theater once at least, a performance where Don Juan is represented as Tirso de Molina conceived him. Truly I have no interest in the fantasies, interpretations or additions of a fancy regisseur.
forse sì, anch'io ho pensato che a Mozart sarebbe piaciuta...
Söderblom a genius
De las tres versiones que voy viendo hasta ahora es la que más me gusta, muy buena la orquesta y las interpretaciones. Pero tiene muchos anuncios publicitarios.
I just don't understand why great operas have to be modernised. Is it for fame or recognition? I don't really know, but I prefer actually knowing what's happening than having to vaguely interpret it.
To better relate to the audiences, or else no one goes to the theater and the genre dies.
Este es un excelente ejemplo, de como arruinar una obra inmortal, la puesta en escena es espantosa, los cantantes son muy buenos, pero esta supuesta modernidad, es una burla.
Pobre ignorante...
@@yk0003 concuerdo con el ignorante, genio.
Um. Ah. Hm.
Donna Anna ! Csillogó szoprán! BRAVO!
Overtüre is so good wow
i love them!!!!
❤
In general I like Regie versions, and I find this more stimulating than the version that HvK conducted in the 80's although it boasted of superior vocalists. For those who like modern takes on this opera I recommend the version (available on YT) with Philip Sly and a superb Donna Anna (Eleanor Burrato) and a much better Ottavio.
ZSENIÁLIS ELŐADÁS!!!
Several operas have already been composed in Prague, "Don Juan", and the last in 1787: "Don Giovanni Tenorio" by Giuseppe Gazzaniga (Giuseppe Gazzaniga, survey: 5.02.1787). Amadeus received 100 ducats (in advance) to compose his "Don Juan" for the Prague opera (survey: 29. 10. 1787). By evolution, grinding, Gacanigin's Don Juan became Mozart's Don Juan!
The great aria: Madamina, il catalogo è questo 22:50 (Gazzaniga)
here (Mozart) 30:00
Compared with Siepi in Salzburg this is a crude bordello.
I depise these "modern interpretations" of classic and absolute gems of operas.
No one cares, watch and hear the thing you like and conceal your self in your perfect bubble. Don't bother others.
@@theovlachOh shut up, will you? You’re one of the reasons crap like this gets around the operatic world. By endorsing distasteful and frankly disgustingly disrespectful to the original narrative and slowly bringing opera closer to its demise. One of the main reasons young people are disinterested in opera nowadays is because they find the story hard to follow, and mostly this is a problem caused by modern productions distorting the original intention of the composer and his librettist. Another big factor in opera’s dwindling popularity is that many modern productions usually have very bland and frankly boring set designs. How are people supposed to not be bored while looking at a blank room for 4 hours like in a certain infamous Macbeth a few years ago… I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: if mediocrity prevails,the public will vanish; and people like you are only endorsing this sad reality…
btw the face sitting is actually sitting on his chest to stop him breathing, not a good way to kill though
these subtitles are very inaccurate to what they are saying
Yes, but very amusing.
Yes, but they're not mistakes. They seem intentional to make it interesting.
Прослушала ради 2 партий - ну что ж - здорово!
А по моему редкостное г))
What I find very strange is that they broadcast this on a monitor. That is not how it is supposed to be done!
Húúúúú!
Where have all the good men gone? Modern opera has emasculated its male characters.
Is this available on DVD? Absolutely love it.
30:00
I like this performance. The singers sing very well (except from Ottavio). Mozarts music and his portraying art is exceptional, and Da Pontes persons exciting. But action with counts, servants, peasant girls and commendatores seams a bit old fashioned today. I like the attemps to give this wonderful music and the gallery of persons a modern interpretation. This version is absolutely not perfect, and especialy the attitudes of Don Giovanni seems foolish and not trustworthy for a womanizer. But generally I liked it very much.
Удивительно современен, в первую очередь сам Моцарт.
Гадёнуш - сексуальный!!!!!!! Дон Жуан, что с него возьмёшь?
Számomra idáig a Peter Brook, Peter Mattei által fémjelzett előadás volt az etalon, de ez sokkal nagyszerűbb.
А испанок- 1003!
tHIS IS A VERSION by someone whos is , like Don Giovanni, void of any ideas and feelings, From that point of view maybe a "success". What a pity! Terrible days1
¡Qué torpe registro! ¿Primeros planos y recortes para ver un espectáculo? ¡Un horror! Una pena no poder disfrutar una plenitud una puesta en escena tan interesante.
Para la próxima: la cámara debe mostrar TODO lo que ve el espectador en el teatro.
Pobre ignorante...
@@yk0003 escupes para arriba
I'm pretty impressed, too. The singing is very good (though not excellent) and the production in general is unusual but interesting. I didn't like the "smartphone-views", though, I thought that was kinda lame. But overall an excellent performance. And the subtitles are great!
Face-sitting at 11:35. What the hell was that? He could've just hand-choked the poor old guy. :)
But I love this production. Singing and orchestral playing are competent; and the use of cell phones is not off-putting..
It's official. Worse rendition I've seen. Commercials didn't make it any more palatable either.
Don Ottavio in vlogger mode 1:03:20
👍🏻💟🆒 B E A U T I F U L
Szerenád:2:18
so bad it's (kind of) good
1:17:37 Final 1
28:40
2:50:Mi tradi...
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This is an insult to Mozart and Da Ponte. The Commandatore scene is almost a mockery.
You have plenty of your boring standard versions of this piece. For those that realise that opera is a living thing and need to progress - this is a very good production Indeed.
That conductor is beyond flamboyant. Needs to calm down.
Good singing spoiled by this dreadful production. I completely agree with most comments that modernity is killing opera. This is not Mozart at all, but just utter rubbish.
Versão caricata> Não condiz com a música e com o drama. Don Giovanni representado no hospício ! Que pena , a música é ótima !
Ou seja, algo que Mozart adoraria
Alguien habla español
Tu hermana
Menuda farsa del personaje de Don Giovanni, me resulta ridículo
Estás errado muchachito.... El sonido es muy bueno, claro que sí, qué digo!... Hay calidad aquí, aunque yo le sacaría unas notas, nada más... Unas pocas notas y quedará perfecta!!!!!!
2:18:46
Very bad production, also Don Ottavio is very bad !!!
41:16
Too fast :-(
they look like they are on something, something strong.
Unpleasant to watch really
Opera requires a straight director with balls
I didn’t even have to see this comment and it took me 10 seconds to be like “This reeks of gayness”
What happens to modern Opera? this is horrible :(
Que despropósito de montaje. Elenco desastroso, no se les entiende una mi**rda. Sólo se salva la orquesta.
What a mess.
Worst Don Giovanni, I’ve ever listen and seen.
Hmmmm
I mean...I get that he's supposed to be a bumbling, indecisive coward in this version, but I just can't bring myself to like Don Ottavio. Blech.