As a director who is unfamiliar to opera, So what went wrong? My diagnosis is that the Met’s new production,ĭirected by acclaimed Broadway director Michael Grandage, fell victim to the Unfortunately, this was a sad harbinger of what was toĬome, not just from the pit, but from the stage as well.

However, in the following section, in which Mozart depicts hell, he When the Met’s new principal conductor, Fabio Luisi,Ĭonducted the new production of Don Giovanni on Saturday, OctoberĢ2nd, he executed the beginning minor chords of the overture with startlingĪccuracy. After the opening, twoįerocious minor chords, what follows is a depiction of hell: the perfectīeginning to an opera whose full title is Don Giovanni, or The The finished product is a marvel of composition. Ridgefield Library card holders receive member prices for this show.įREE tickets for students 18 & under! Must show ID at the box office.Supposedly, when the opera was performed theįollowing evening, the ink was still wet on the pages.

Tickets: $25 | Members & Seniors $20 | College Students $15

Sopranos Federica Lombardi, Ana María Martínez, and Ying Fang make a superlative trio as Giovanni’s conquests-Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, and Zerlina-and tenor Ben Bliss is Don Ottavio. Maestro Nathalie Stutzmann makes her Met debut conducting a star-studded cast led by baritone Peter Mattei as a magnetic Don Giovanni, alongside the Leporello of bass-baritone Adam Plachetka. Tony Award–winning director Ivo van Hove makes a major Met debut with a new take on Mozart’s tragicomedy, re-setting the familiar tale of deceit and damnation in an abstract architectural landscape and shining a light into the dark corners of the story and its characters. With support from Whistle Stop Bakery Buy Tickets About the Artist FirstLight Home Care Classical Series Underwritten by Liz & Steven Goldstone, and Sabina Slavin

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