Don Giovanni 2
On Saturday October 16, 1999, the Marsee auditorium played host to the San Francisco Opera and their production of, Don Giovanni. The San Francisco Opera features the world’s major operatic talents in its annual season. The San Francisco Opera Center represents a new era in which young artists of major operatic potential can develop through intensive training and performance. Fortunately, for the people of Southern California, these professionals came to us. Don Giovanni, a classic opera created by Mozart was performed to its full potential, from beginning to end.
The play opens with the audiences favorite and most humorous character Leporello, who is Don Giovanni's servant, ...
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in a duel in which Don Giovanni slays the old man. Upon seeing her dead father, Donna Anna and her fianc�, Don Ottavio vows death as the only revenge. The next morning Leporello and Giovanni run into a celebration a young couple that is going to be married. The couple, Masetto and Zerlina, along with their friends are invited to Don Giovanni’s house for a celebration. However, Giovanni has the intentions of celebrating alone with Zerlina, who falls for his woes only until Elivra interrupts Giovanni’s game and denounces him taking Elvira away. After realizing that Giovanni is infact her father’s killer, Donna Anna calls for vengeance once again. Meanwhile, back at the party, while everyone is enjoying themselves, Don Giovanni again tries to seduce Zerlina, only to make her cry out and startle everyone at the party. Afraid, Giovanni tries to place blame on Leporello as the one who attempted to seduce Zerlina, but no one believes him. Surrounded and ...
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with the performance so far. Though not very glamorous, I liked the set used for the play. It was three dimensional, two pillars on the front end of the stage, with one major house structure in the back (seemed to have a foam or spongy look, but made of wood most likely). The set was “plastic”, meaning the actors were able to use it through the performance. It was also automatic or controlled by remote, having windows and doors open automatically. The lighting of on stage, especially the light on the set itself was beautiful. I liked the way it reflected off the top of the villa and down on stage. Fog and strobe lights were used as well. These lights made the ...
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