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Don Giovanni

Gerald Finley (Don Giovanni),

Luca Pisaroni (Leporello),

Kate Royal (Donna Elvira),

Anna Samuil (Donna Anna),

William Burden (Ottavio),

Anna Virovlansky (Zerlina),

Guido Loconsolo (Masetto),

Alastair Miles (Commendatore)

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & Jonathan Kent (director)

DVD1

1. Don Giovanni - Overture

2. Don Giovanni - Act I ,No.1 Notte e giorno faticar

3. Don Giovanni - No.2 Mà qual mai s'offre - Fuggi, crudele, fuggi!

4. Don Giovanni - No.3 Ah! Chi mi dice mai?

5. Don Giovanni - No.4 Madamina! Il catalogo è questo

6. Don Giovanni - No.5 Giovinette che fate all'amore

7. Don Giovanni - No.6 Ho Capito

8. Don Giovanni - No.7 Là ci darem la mano

9. Don Giovanni - No.8 Ah, fuggi il traditor!

10. Don Giovanni - No.9 Non ti fidar, o misera

11. Don Giovanni - No.10 Don Ottavio, son morta!

12. Don Giovanni - No.10b Dalla sua pace

13. Don Giovanni - No.11 Finch' han dal vino

14. Don Giovanni - No.12 Batti, batti, o bel Masetto

15. Don Giovanni - No.13 Finale. Presto, presto! pria ch'ei vengo!

16. Don Giovanni - Sù, svegliatevi

17. Don Giovanni - Bisogna aver coraggio

18. Don Giovanni - Signor, guardate un poco

19. Don Giovanni - Protegga il giusto cielo

20. Don Giovanni - Riposate, vezzose ragazze!

21. Don Giovanni - Venite pur avanti

22. Don Giovanni - L'iniquo da se stesso

23. Don Giovanni - Ecco il birbo

DVD2

1. Don Giovanni - Act II. No.1 Eh via, buffone

2. Don Giovanni - No.2 Ah taci, ingiusto core!

3. Don Giovanni - No.3 Deh, vieni alla finestra!

4. Don Giovanni - No.4 Metà di voi qua vadano

5. Don Giovanni - No.5 Vedrai, carino

6. Don Giovanni - No.6 Sola, sola in bujo loco

7. Don Giovanni - No.7 Ah pietà, Signori miei!

8. Don Giovanni - No.8 Il mio tesoro intanto

9. Don Giovanni - No.8c In quali ecessi, o Numi! - Mi tradì quall' alma intrata

10. Don Giovanni - Rez. Ah, ah, ah! Non mi dir, bell' idol mio

11. Don Giovanni - No.9 O statua gentilissima

12. Don Giovanni - No.10 Crudele! Non mi dir, bell' idol mio

13. Don Giovanni - No.11 Finale Già la mensa è preparata

14. Don Giovanni - L'ultima prova

15. Don Giovanni - Don Giovanni!

16. Don Giovanni - Scena ultima. Ah dov' è il perfido

17. Don Giovanni - Curtain Calls

Don Giovanni returns to Glyndebourne

“Amazing production of Don Giovanni at Glyndebourne, a work of art in itself… Magnificent as the set is, this will also be a Don Giovanni to listen to for the orchestra. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment are so good that they can generate almost demonic energy from the lighter timbres of period instruments. Vladimir Jurowski has rarely sounded more inspired”.

– Opera Today

“The graceful purity of Kate Royal as Elvira ... gave lustre to Mozart's kaleidoscopic masterpiece”. – The Scotsman

“Suavely ruthless, Finley was both steely monster and molten charmer, singing with a firmness, clarity and stylistic elegance that I can’t easily imagine surpassed”. – The Telegraph

For this 2010 production, the first new staging of the opera in 10 years, Glyndebourne welcome back the winning team of director Jonathan Kent and designer Paul Brown with Festival Music Director, Vladimir Jurowski conducting the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Set at a time of seismic social and cultural change - in a Fellini-esque vision of post-war life - Jonathan Kent's urgently propulsive production offers a 'white-knuckle rollercoaster ride' through the events of the Don's last day as they unfold in and around Paul Brown's magical 'box of tricks' set.

In the title role we also welcome back the great bass-baritone Gerald Finley. He has sung Don Giovanni to worldwide acclaim in New York, London, Paris, Vienna, Rome, Budapest and Prague. Finley is joined by Luca Pisaroni (Guglielmo in the 2006 Festival’s Così fan tutte) as Leporello, Kate Royal (the Governess in Jonathan Kent’s 2006 staging of The Turn of the Screw) as Donna Elvira, and the young Russian soprano Anna Samuil making her UK opera debut as Donna Anna.

Bonus features include rehearsal and backstage footage, interviews with the production staff and cast as well as a glimpse into the costume, design and technical departments at Glyndebourne.

The DVD will feature English, French and German subtitles.

The production will be revived next summer at the 2011 Glyndebourne Festival.

Kate Royal is an exclusive EMI Classics artist since 2006. She has made two solo recordings: Kate Royal with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Edward Gardner and Midsummer Night with the Orchestra of English National Opera/Edward Gardner. As a guest artist, she has recorded discs for the label with the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Le Concert d’Astrée/Emmanuelle Haïm and Paul McCartney. Kate Royal's new album ‘A Lesson in Love’ (released in 2011), is an intimate recital with pianist Malcolm Martineau charting a young girl’s journey of love and loss through a combination of German lieder, English and American songs and French melodies. Kate Royal returns to Glyndebourne in Summer 2011.

EMI Classics DVD 0720179