1/ I don't think I ever saw this production of DG. I'll bet it's less claustro than Grandage's, but whether it's better in other respects, we'll see. Sam Ramey as "the Don." (Why do we always call Giovanni "the Don"? There's also Don Ottavio. Is it a tribute to Giovanni's greater
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2/ effectiveness, never mind at what? Is it something like "the Dude"? El Donerino, if you're not into the whole brevity thing?) Ferruccio Furlanetto as Leporello. I think at one time they alternated these, but Ramey=DG and Furl=Leporello is the better way 'round.
3/ I once saw Ramey as Leporello at NYCO, opposite Justino Diaz - they were alternating - and he was very good, but Furlanetto is better suited to Leporello bc for all his vocal glory he lacks a certain aristo finish that you'd find in Siepi or G. London, also in Diaz or Ramey.
4/ I don't mean Furl was a buffo: voice too deep and dark for that. He handled tragic royal roles like Filippo just fine. But he had an earthy quality. (I say "had" - he sang Arkel in PELLEAS within the last two seasons, and I thought he was fine in that solid royal role,
5/ but others thought he was past it. Tonight's DG is from 1990.)
Speaking of deep dark basses, Kurt Moll will rule absolutely at the Commendatore, so if you like three bass voices together, the first and the penultimate scenes will be for you.
Speaking of deep dark basses, Kurt Moll will rule absolutely at the Commendatore, so if you like three bass voices together, the first and the penultimate scenes will be for you.
6/ The ladies are well-appointed: Carol Vaness, Karita Mattila, and Dawn Upshaw. Jerry Hadley is a good choice to take a whack at that elusive goal, making Don Ottavio *not* a nebbish.
7/ In this thread "DG" means DON GIOVANNI, tho usually among opera fans it means Deutsche Grammophon, aka "all that yellow."
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