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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527

Ruggero Raimondi (Don Giovanni), Margaret Price (Donna Anna), Julia Varady (Donna Elvira), Lucia Popp (Zerlina), Kurt Moll (Il Commendatore), Stafford Dean (Leporello), Hermann Winkler (Don Ottavio)

Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Sawallisch's account of Anna's hysterical recitative before 'Or sai, che l'onore' is an object lesson in dramatic pacing...Raimondi is lively and witty, powerfully defiant at the end, but with... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2015 More…

Release Date: 12th Jan 2015
Catalogue No: C846153
Label: Orfeo
Series: Orfeo d'Or, Bayerische Staatsoper live
Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Work length2:38:43

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Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Kurt Moll (bass), Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Stafford Dean (bass), Hermann Winkler (tenor), Julia Varady (soprano), Enrico Fissore (vocals), Lucia Popp (soprano)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bavarian State Opera Chorus
Wolfgang Sawallisch

Overture

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Act I Scene 1: Introduction: Notte e giorno faticar (Leporello, Donna Anna, Don Giovanni, Il Commendatore)

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Act I Scene 2: Recitative: Leporello, ove sei? (Don Giovanni, Leporello)

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Act I Scene 3: Recitative: Ah del padre in periglio (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)

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Act I Scene 3: Ma qual mai s'offre, o die (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)

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Act I Scene 4: Recitative: Orsu, spiciati presto (Don Giovanni, Leporello)

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Act I Scene 5: Aria: Ah, chi mi dice mai (Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, Leporello)

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Act I Scene 5: Aria: Madamina, il catalogo e questo (Leporello, Donna Elvira)

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Act I Scene 7: Chorus: Giovinette che fate all'amore (Zerlina, Masetto, Chorus)

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Act I Scene 8: Recitative: Manco male e partita (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Zerlina, Masetto)

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Act I Scene 8: Aria: Ho capito, Signor, si! (Masetto)

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Act I Scene 9: Recitative: Alfin siam liberati (Don Giovanni, Zerlina)

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Act I Scene 9: Duet: La ci darem la mano (Zerlina, Don Giovanni)

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Act I Scene 10: Recitative: Fermati, scellerato! (Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Don Giovanni)

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Act I Scene 10: Aria: Ah! Fuggi il traditor! (Donna Elvira)

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Act I Scene 11: Recitative: Mi par che oggi il demonio (Don Giovanni, Don Ottavio, Donna Anna)

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Act I Scene 12: Quartet: Non ti fidar, o misera (Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni)

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Act I Scene 12: Recitative: Povera sventurata! (Don Giovanni)

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Act I Scene 13: Recitative: Don Ottavio, son morta! (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)

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Act I Scene 13: Aria: Or sai chi l'onore (Donna Anna)

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Act I Scene 15: Recitative: Io deggio ad ogni patto (Leporello, Don Giovanni)

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Act I Scene 15: Finch'han dal vino, "Champagne Aria" (Don Giovanni)

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Act I Scene 16: Recitative: Masetto, senti un po! (Zerlina, Massetto)

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Act I Scene 16: Aria: Batti, batti, o bel Masetto (Zerlina)

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Act I Scene 16: Recitative: Guarda un po' come seppe (Masetto, Don Giovanni, Zerlina)

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Act I: Finale: Presto, presto, pria ch'ei venga (Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni, Leporello, Masetto, Chorus)

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Act I Scene 19: Protegga il giusto cielo (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio, Donna Elvira)

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Act I Scene 20: Riposate, vezzose ragazze (Don Giovanni, Masetto, Zerlina, Leporello, Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio)

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Act II Scene 1: Duet: Eh via, buffone, non mi seccar! (Don Giovanni, Leporello)

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Act II Scene 1: Recitative: Leporello! Signore? (Don Giovanni, Leporello)

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Act II Scene 2: Ah taci ingiusto core (Donna Elvira, Leporello, Don Giovanni)

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Act II Scene 2: Recitative: Amico, che ti par? (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Donna Elvira)

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Act II Scene 3: Canzonetta: Deh, vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni)

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Act II Scene 3: Recitative: V'e gente alla finestra (Don Giovanni, Masetto)

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Act II Scene 4: Aria: Meta di voi qua vadano (Don Giovanni)

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Act II Scene 5-6: Recitative: Zitto, lascia ch'io senta (Don Giovanni, Masetto)

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Act II Scene 6: Aria: Vedrai, carino (Zerlina)

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Act II Scene 7: Recitative: Di molte faci il lume (Leporello, Donna Elvira)

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Act II Scene 7: Sola, sola in buio loco (Donna Anna, Zerlina, Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio, Leporello, Masetto)

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Act II Scene 9: Recitative: Dunque quello sei tu (Zerlina, Don Ottavio, Donna Elvira, Masetto)

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Act II Scene 9: Aria: Ah, pieta, signori miei! (Leporello)

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Act II Scene 10: Recitative: Ferma, perfido, ferma! (Donna Elvira, Masetto, Zerlina, Don Ottavio)

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Act II Scene 10: Aria: Il mio tesoro intanto (Don Ottavio)

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Act II Scene 10: Recitative: In quali eccessi (Donna Elvira)

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Act II Scene 11: Recitative: Ah, ah, ah questa bona (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Il Commendatore)

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Act II Scene 11: Duet: O statua gentilissima (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Il Commendatore)

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Act II Scene 12: Recitative: Calmatevi, idol mio! (Don Ottavio, Donna Anna)

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Act II Scene 12: Recitativo accompagnato e Rondo: Crudele! Ah no, mio bene (Donna Anna)

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Act II Scene 13: Finale: Gia la mensa e preparata (Don Giovanni, Leporello)

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Act II Scene 14: L'ultima prova (Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, Leporello)

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Act II Scene 15: Don Giovanni, a cenar teco (Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Leporello, Chorus)

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Act II Scene 16: Ah dove e il perfido (Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Don Ottavio, Masetto, Leporello)

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Even at the big opera houses it’s a real stroke of luck if a production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni doesn’t just have a charismatic Don, but a whole ensemble that’s able to exert its magnetism over the assembled audience (and who thus manage not to follow the Don’s example – after all, his attempts at conquest go awry throughout the opera, with only the memories of earlier conquests remaining). This rare constellation – having an engaging title hero whose gifts are matched by the objects of his passion – in fact came about in 1973 at the Munich Opera Festival. Ruggero Raimondi was in his early 30s at the time and his unmistakeable, agile, irresistible bass-baritone voice veritably conquered the Bavarian State Opera. In the process he established himself as the Don Giovanni of his generation. But while he was the centre of attention, he was by no means the only sensation of the production. With Margaret Price as Donna Anna, Julia Varady as Donna Elvira and Lucia Popp as Zerlina he was faced with a trio of sopranos who in their individual arias and in their numerous, tricky ensemble numbers turned the evening into a musical feast – as we can now hear in this live recording of the opening night. In the midst of these powerful, highly individual personalities, Hermann Winkler’s lyric dramatic tenor and Stafford Dean’s agile lyric buffo bass were well able to hold their ground as Don Ottavio and the servant Leporello respectively. Enrico Fissore offered a vigorous Masetto, while Giovanni’s final descent into hell – which leaves shivers down many a spine – was made doubly gripping by the dark bass of Kurt Moll’s Commendatore and by Wolfgang Sawallisch at the helm of the Bavarian State Orchestra. This was a Don Giovanni of fast-paced tempi, with a momentum brilliantly geared to the dramatic trajectory, carried by the lyrical qualities of its singers, and with a perfect sense of poise and exhilarating intimacy at just the right moments.

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May 2015

Sawallisch's account of Anna's hysterical recitative before 'Or sai, che l'onore' is an object lesson in dramatic pacing...Raimondi is lively and witty, powerfully defiant at the end, but with little sense of the character's dark side. For my money, the male star...is Stafford Dean...a perfect Leporello...Price as Anna is formidably secure, with lovely, smokey tone in 'Non mi dir'.

August 2015

Varady’s live-wire performance, sung with dark beauty, offers everything save fully idiomatic Italian. Price has tremendous impact in the role that had catapulted her to European stardom in Cologne two years before: purely instrumentally, her Anna gives much pleasure, though her fierce dramatic commitment may surprise some listeners. Popp’s silvertoned Zerlina is enchanting from start to finish.

Opera Now March 2015

Sawallisch conducts a magnificently brisk and magisterial interpretation and the sound is generally very good…Ruggero Raimondi reminds us why his Giovanni was so celebrated, the sheer charisma of his voice providing the presence and sexiness so often lacking in the role…Each voice is glorious…[an] outstanding cast.

Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527

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