Name: Don Giovanni
Start: 2007-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2008-04-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Stadttheater

Organization

Singer

Baritone

Matthias Ludwig

Don Giovanni

Soprano

Petra van der Mieden

Donna Anna

Tenor

John Carlo Pierce

Don Ottavio

Bass

Christoph Stegemann

Commendatore

Henrietta Hugenholtz

Donna Elvira

Johannes Schwärsky

Leporello

Tomi Wendt

Masetto

Alfia Kamalova

Zerlina

Conductor

Carlos Spierer

Stage director

Helmut Polixa

Costume designer

Stefan Rieckhoff

Set designer

Chorus master

Jan Hoffmann

Stadttheater Giessen

Orchestra

Philharmonisches Orchester Gießen

Others

Choir of the Gießen City Theater

Italian

Giessen

Germany

Stadttheater

Oberes Foyer

Public

German

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Don Giovanni is said to have seduced and left 2065 women, according to the register that his servant Leporello keeps meticulously about his master's art of love. The time is therefore more than ripe to present the insatiable with the receipt. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart does this for all dishonored women in this world, because in his DON GIOVANNI the eponymous hero bites his teeth out of the fair femininity - and that means the beginning of the end of the most famous womanizer of all times ...
With murder and vows of revenge on the one hand and nocturnal clothes swapping and irrepressible gluttony on the other, Mozart skilfully blends tragic and comic moments. It is precisely this mixture that creates the special fascination that makes DON GIOVANNI - despite his 220 years - an absolute highlight of the operatic repertoire.

“With a subtle hand, Helmut Polixa awakens memories of the tradition of the masterpiece rooted in the popular impromptu comedy Commedia dell'arte and emphasizes both the comic and the tragic. Above all, however, he focuses on Mozart's wonderful music.”    Giessener Anzeiger

English

2065 Frauen soll Don Giovanni verführt und verlassen haben, so besagt es das Register, das sein Diener Leporello peinlichst genau über die Liebeskünste seines Herrn führt. Die Zeit ist also mehr als reif, dem Unersättlichen dafür die Quittung zu präsentieren. Für alle entehrten Frauen dieser Welt tut dies Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, denn in seinem DON GIOVANNI beißt sich der Titelheld die Zähne an der holden Weiblichkeit aus  und das bedeutet den Anfang vom Ende des berühmtesten Frauenhelden aller Zeiten 
Mit Mord und Racheschwüren einerseits und nächtlichem Kleidertausch und unbändiger Fresslust andererseits lässt Mozart tragische und komische Momente geschickt ineinander fließen. Gerade durch diese Mischung entsteht die besondere Faszination, die DON GIOVANNI  trotz seiner 220 Jahre  zu einem absoluten Highlight des Opernrepertoires macht.

Mit dezenter Hand weckt Helmut Polixa Erinnerungen an die in der volkstümlichen Stegreifkomödie Commedia dell´arte wurzelnde Tradition des Meisterwerks und betont sowohl das Komische als auch das Tragische. Vor allem aber stellt er Mozarts wunderbare Musik in den Mittelpunkt.   Gießener Anzeiger

Deutsch

Don Giovanni by Mozart, Fri 30 Nov 2007, From (2007/2008), Directed by Helmut Polixa,, Conductor Carlos Spierer, Stadttheater, Giessen, Germany

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