Mozart's Don Giovanni "Catalogue Aria"

Mozart's Don Giovanni "Catalogue Aria" Order Description This week we are discussin" rel="nofollow">ing various opera companies' productions of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni (in" rel="nofollow">in particular the "Catalogue Aria", the most famous aria from this opera). The focus is on the productions themselves and how they help or hin" rel="nofollow">inder the music, the scene, and the story of the opera itself. The videos may or may not have the words in" rel="nofollow">in subtitles, and those subtitles may or may not be in" rel="nofollow">in English! Thus, you may wish to have the textbook's listenin" rel="nofollow">ing guide available as you watch the videos. Listen to the "Catalogue Aria" in" rel="nofollow">in the textbook. Read the summary of the opera's plot, as well as the words of the recitative section and the aria, so that you are familiar with the story and scene. Watch the four stagin" rel="nofollow">ings of the "Catalogue Aria". A stagin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">includes the set & props, the costumes, and the stage directions (actin" rel="nofollow">ing) of the sin" rel="nofollow">ingers. It also in" rel="nofollow">includes the sin" rel="nofollow">ingin" rel="nofollow">ing, of course! Analyze the stagin" rel="nofollow">ings. For each stagin" rel="nofollow">ing answer the followin" rel="nofollow">ing questions: Describe the stagin" rel="nofollow">ing briefly. Is this a traditional (somethin" rel="nofollow">ing akin" rel="nofollow">in to 17th-century Spain" rel="nofollow">in) or a modern settin" rel="nofollow">ing? Does the stagin" rel="nofollow">ing enhance the music or detract from the music? Does the stagin" rel="nofollow">ing enhance the story or detract from the story? Did the stagin" rel="nofollow">ing fit (make sense with) the opera's story? Any slight changes (costumes, etc.) you would suggest to make the stagin" rel="nofollow">ing better? Thin" rel="nofollow">ink about Leporello's character - he is, in" rel="nofollow">in a way, the moral compass of the opera. Does the stagin" rel="nofollow">ing present him in" rel="nofollow">in a sympathetic light, or is he shown as bad (or worse) than Don Giovanni? Make a judgment about the productions: which stagin" rel="nofollow">ing do you prefer, and why? Use these four videos for the 4.3 Opera Stagin" rel="nofollow">ings Discussion. Stagin" rel="nofollow">ing A of "Catalogue Aria" This video has subtitles in" rel="nofollow">in English, so you can get the gist of the words. 2014 Castleton Festival, Tyler Simpson/Leporello https://youtu.be/qgC3GGxF1E0 Stagin" rel="nofollow">ing B of "Catalogue Aria" This video has subtitles not in" rel="nofollow">in English, sorry (I thin" rel="nofollow">ink it's Czech, but am not sure!). 1991 Salzburg Opera production, Ferruccio Ferlanetto/Leporello https://youtu.be/WMHaLPssTEY Stagin" rel="nofollow">ing C of "Catalogue Aria" Below I'm in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing a separate video of just the powerpoin" rel="nofollow">int used in" rel="nofollow">in this stagin" rel="nofollow">ing, in" rel="nofollow">in case it will help! 2010 Berkeley Opera, Igor Vieira/Leporello https://youtu.be/S_EI1O3vt5Q Powerpoin" rel="nofollow">int used https://youtu.be/g6saKjs_12M Stagin" rel="nofollow">ing D of "Catalogue Aria" This production uses a different "translation" of the words - see what you thin" rel="nofollow">ink! This video in" rel="nofollow">includes Donna Elvira's aria, recitative (starts about 5:11), and then the "Catalogue Aria" (which starts at 8:20) - you only need to watch the aria but the recitative is of in" rel="nofollow">interest too. 1980 Peter Sellars production/film, Herbert Perry/Leporello https://youtu.be/N62Ln0kU9zs