| Fabio Luisi Conducts Don Giovanni |
| Tuesday, 04 October 2011 12:50 | |||
Conductor Fabio Luisi will lead his first Met performances of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, in a new production directed by Tony Award winner Michael Grandage in his Met debut. Mozart’s classic tale of lust, heartbreak, and revenge will star Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecien in his first-ever Met performances of the notorious main character. For the first time with Don Giovanni at the Met, Luisi will conduct the performance from a cembalo in the orchestra pit. Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka and German soprano Mojca Erdmann make their Met debuts as two of Giovanni’s female conquests, Donna Anna and Zerlina, opposite distinguished Mozartean Barbara Frittoli as the fiery Donna Elvira. Tenor Ramón Vargas sings the role of Donna Anna’s fiancé, the nobleman Don Ottavio, and bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni is Giovanni’s hapless manservant Leporello. Joshua Bloom sings the shepherd Masetto and Štefan Kocán is the vengeful Commendatore. Louis Langrée, who last conducted this opera at the Met in the 2008-09 season, will lead the October 31, November 3, November 7, and November 11 performances.
Don Giovanni opens at the Met October 13 and will be transmitted worldwide as part of The Met: Live in HD series on Saturday, October 29, at 12:55 p.m. www.metopera.org
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