Mozart: Don GiovanniMovie
Premiered in 1787, “Don Giovanni” exposes the timeless theme of a man hovering between vitality and destruction. Neither morality nor the law can stop this serial lover in his quest to conquer all women as he places his own pleasure above all other principles. Today, the rich depth of Mozart’s masterpiece still astonishes audiences with its mix of comedy and seriousness, pleasure and love, entertainment and murder. At the helm of this new Salzburg Festival production, in a near-live broadcast from the Great Festival Hall, director Romeo Castellucci promises to focus on the ambiguity and inner turmoil of this serial lover whose immoral behaviour condemns him to a deadly solitude. The exceptional cast – featuring Italian baritone Davide Luciano (Don Giovanni), Russian soprano Nadezhda Pavlova (Donna Anna) and Finnish bass Mika Kares (the Commendatore) – is accompanied by the chorus and musicians of the musicAeterna ensemble, conducted by Vitaly Polonsky and Teodor Currentzis.
About Mozart: Don Giovanni
Mozart: Don Giovanni is a 2021 music movie directed by Romeo Castellucci.
The production information lists a runtime of 4h 30m, production credits from Austria, France, an original language code of DE.
The credited cast includes Davide Luciano, Mika Kares, Nadezhda Pavlova, Michael Spyres. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
