Mozart: Don Giovanni / Kwiecien, Esposito, Watts
) | Label: OPUS ARTE Catalog: OA 1145D Format: DVD Kwiecien; Esposito; Bystrom; Gens; Poli; Watts; Kimberg; Tsymbalyuk; Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House; LuisottiComposed by: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Don Giovanni, Mozart’s sublime tragic comedy, offers boundless scope for directors. Kasper Holten shifts the emphasis from Don Giovanni’s sex life into a darker place, showing Giovanni’s womanizing as an attempt to stave off his own mortality. Each woman he seduces represents a life he could have had. Though it is a dark piece, Holten handles it all with a light touch. Led by conductor Nicola Luisotti, the superb cast features Mariusz Kwiecien as Don Giovanni, Alex Esposito and French soprano Véronique Gens. ‘‘…a cast that can’t be bettered today…demands to be seen.’’ Seen and Heard Int’l  Price: $42.98 |