harmonia mundi in France published a Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni opera to libretto by Lorenzo
da Ponte. A project of the Innsbruch Festival, this was directed by
Vincent Boussard and recorded in 2006 at the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus.
Stars Johanes Weisser, Marcos Fink, Alexandrina Pendatchanska,
Werner Güra, Malin Byström, Sundae Im, Nikolay Borchev,
and Alessandro Guerzoni. René Jacobs conducts the Freiburger
Barockorchester and the Insbruck Festival Chorus. Designs by Vincent
Lomaire; costumes by Christian Lacroix; lighting by Alain Poisson. This
disc, released in 2008, has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound.
It is available now from Amazon in these countries:
USA,
UK,
Germany,
Canada, or
France.
[Controversial but fun show presents Don John as a big kid
in a candy store of females. It takes a long time for a singer
to develop the stamina to safely sing in a big opera house.
HDVD makes it possible for a young singer to be competitive
working in a studio or small venue. So this title, produced without
the sponsorship of a major opera house, may point us down new
paths. Henry McFadyen, Jr.]