Various - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni

When it comes to Mozartian perfection on the opera stage, one needn�t always seek it in Milan, Vienna, Salzburg or New York! At the Sferisterio Opera Festival in the central Italian city of Macerata, a rapt audience was treated to a production of Don Giovanni �that will enter the annals of opera� (ForumOpera.com). This magnificent reading of Mozart�s timeless masterpiece sweeps the viewer into a libertine, 18th-century society dominated by sensuality and erotic impulses. They are acted out on the stage�s main prop, a large, unmade bed, not only by Don Giovanni, but also by just about everyone else in the �nearly faultless cast� (ForumOpera.com). In his role debut as the title hero, Ildebrando D�Arcangelo is �incandescent� (Gazzetta die Parma) and �doesn�t do Don Giovanni; he is the Don. Unsurpassable� (24 Ore).