Original Portrayal of Mozarts Don Giovanni

The Original Portrayal of Mozart's Don Giovanni offers an original reading of Mozart's and Da Ponte's opera Don Giovanni, using as a lens the portrayal of the title role by its creator, the baritone Luigi Bassi (1766-1825).

List of contents

Introduction
Rewriting the myth of Don Juan
The demonising of Don Giovanni: A historical overview
Chapter 1: Luigi Bassi as Don Giovanni
The singer and his role
Intention and experience: Prescriptive and descriptive sources
The performer as a phenomenon
Grace and gallantry: Bassi’s portrayal
Performance traditions: Italians and Germans
Chapter 2: The opening scene
Chapter 3: Don Giovanni and the three women
Donna Elvira’s entrance aria
The duettino
The quartet and Donna Anna’s narration
Chapter 4: The party episode
The champagne aria
The garden scene
The ballroom scene
Chapter 5: The disguise episode
The first duet with Leporello
The trio
The canzonetta
The disguise aria
Chapter 6: The graveyard scene
Chapter 7: The second finale
The supper
The last encounter with Donna Elvira
Don Giovanni and the stone guest
The final scene
Postscript: In defence of the operatic work
Bibliography

About the author

Magnus Tessing Schneider (Stockholm University) is a Danish theatre scholar specialising in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Italian opera. He has edited Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito: A Reappraisal (2018), together with Ruth Tatlow, and Felicity Baker’s essay collection Don Giovanni’s Reasons: Thoughts on a Masterpiece (2021).

Summary

The Original Portrayal of Mozart’s Don Giovanni offers an original reading of Mozart’s and Da Ponte’s opera Don Giovanni, using as a lens the portrayal of the title role by its creator, the baritone Luigi Bassi (1766-1825).

Product details

• Authors: Magnus Tessing Schneider
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9781032158334
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3215833-4
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Ashgate Interdisciplinary Studies in Opera
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, Musicals, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Musicals, ART / Performance, Opera, Theatre Studies, Performance Art, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Music of film and stage