Sung in Italian with English text projected above the stage
Jubilee Auditorium, 1415 -14 Avenue NW
Saturday, April 24, 2010 8pm
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 7:30pm
Friday, April 30, 2010 8pm
"The death of a sinner always reflects his life (Questo è il fin)"
Seduction, betrayal, manipulation, amorality, arrogance, bullying; It’s all in a day’s work for Don Giovanni. And to Hell with the consequences. Mozart provides a rich and complex examination of pure impenitent carnal tenacity. The operas of Mozart, and especially this one, achieve greatness though the combination of great tunes (ones that you can whistle!) and an infectious rhythmic energy throughout.
“In this production we will strip the story bare of its supernatural elements – rather focussing on the complexities of heart and mind that fuel the action of all the characters through an intense 24-hour period.
“Set in a coldly anonymous glass and steel office tower - the kind of building found in any major urban centre - the opera opens with a heart-stopping murder and ends with the destruction of an all-too-human man. This Don is a man whose boundless and self destructive appetites of all kinds fuel a heedlessly chaotic descent into death. It is a contemporary revisioning of the story where the women he has used so carelessly have the strength and willpower to plot his downfall.”
