Don Giovanni

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Record ID
439
Identifier
90319
Genre
Work Title
Don Giovanni
Uniform Title
Don Giovanni
Program/Series Title
Great performances: Peter Sellars directs Don Giovanni
Text Author
Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838 (libretto)
Production Year
1989
Transmission/Release Date
1/4/91
Transmission/Release Year
Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform
PBS
Home Video - VHS
Decca London
Home Video - DVD
Decca London
Conductor/Music Director
Smith, Smith
Orchestra
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Chorus/Choir
Arnold-Schonberg-Choir
Soloists
Dominique Labelle (Anna) ; Lorraine Hunt (Elvira) ; Ai Lan Zhu (Zerlina) ; Eugene Perry (Giovanni) ; Herbert Perry (Leporello) ; Carroll Freeman (Ottavio) ; James Patterson (Commendatore) ; Elmore James (Masetto)
Participants
Peter Sellars (introduction)
TV/Film Director
Sellars, Peter
Stage Director
Sellars, Peter
Sets
Tsypin, George
Costumes
Ramicova, Dunya
Production Company
ORF ; Plaza Media ; Mediascope ARD-WDR ; BBC ; WNET ; Decca International
Executive Producer
Mockert, Rainer
Technical Information
Tape ; color ; stereo
Other Information
Original stage production1988 Pepsico Summerfare Festival in Purchase, N.Y. Contemporary staging set in the South Bronx, New York City. Brooks Riley (English subtitles)
Duration
ca. 178'
Recorded
Taped live with audience and edited at ORF studios in Vienna, l989
Archive
Motion Picture/TV Reading Room, Library of Congress
Sourcemat
NEWCAT - 26 (X)
Memo1
U.S. version of IMZ # 42084)

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