Losey's Don Giovanni-Madamina

[PEPEDEBARRO]

In Spain... he was playing at home

[funnycookbook]

ugly womnz in this vesion :(

[sebreathnach]

And how come, so many conquests in Spain? It must have been before Franco. . .

[OspreyTherian]

@sebreathnach The Don is a Spaniard :-D.

[aebybaby]

Mozart must have been blessed by all the best spirits when he wrote this aria....

one of most favorite if not the favorite - if there is such a thing. Great Interpretation !

Urs

[uselessgirls]

this is seriously one of the best songs to sing in the shower! of course this man does a much better job than i. :]

[Fuliginosus]

I want them to release this in Blu-ray.

[MrHegyessy]

mine is nozze di figaro...but i adore mozart

[azolan82]

Actually, the opera's action is supposed to take place over the course of a day (Aristotelian unities and all that), so this scene, not quite a third of the way through the opera, should be in the morning.

[Doliath]

What a ridiculously long list... lol.

[rumpranger65]

I want to buy this DVD very much, but I'm afraid of the sound quality. I could spend the same amount on another DVD and it have great sound quality.

[grandrapids57]

@rumpranger65 The sound quality is good but not great. My main issue with the sound is that it is a quiet recording and the TV in the classroom is not loud enough to compensate.

[scantconsolation]

Not sure how I feel about the transposition of the scene from night to day, since that for me is the one of the striking things about the setting of the opera as a whole, but this is certainly a fine performance.

[tantricsurfer]

Nice historical video! La grande maestosa...ROFL...what a nice chubby woman!

[ShittiestChannelOnYT]

What the hell is your definition of chubby?

[LifeJuice90]

I just wish the audio could have been better. It sounds like they are singing in my bathroom. Such a wonderful cast and film should have had better audio.

[monteroist]

Natürlich! In la Spagna mille tre. Grosse temperament für...tja. Aber, für...davon gar nicht. (Nada más que hay que ver a Zapatero)

[KAIOSHINDB]

J'adore cette mise en scène <3

[Revolutionidea]

Don Giovanni looks more like a recovering drug addict than a noble man....

[sebreathnach]

Properly speaking, it is Leperello who enumerates the Don's conquests, while the Don is upstaris drinkng chocolate or some such beverage. Leperello, to my mind, looks more like a lascivious Don than what he actually is -- a servant, a factotem, a piece of shit on the Don's boot, a work-a-holic!

[DieSonneSinkt]

He's Spanish.

[stereomaxout]

Losey's is a truly great take on this opera, with an ab-fab cast. Raimondi is the sexiest Don around; te Kanawa sings like an angel, Van Dam is subtle, expressive and enlightening in his interpretations; Moser is a semi-hysterical Donna E; Riegel is a wonderfully vapid Don Ottavio. And the scenery, right out of Palladio's playbook, is just right.

Overall it tells its age, but it's a wonderful expression of this great opera. Watch it all!

[TedMichaelMorgan]

@stereomaxout I love my DVD of this. Still enjoy it.

[stereomaxout]

@stereomaxout Mom please stop using my account...you have you're own.

[BaldricOutremer]

My favorite image of this part of the movie is 4:38. The hurt expression of the young woman is a subtle reminder of the fact that Don Giovanni has inflicted severe emotional wounds to most of his conquests.

[sebreathnach]

Ma,ma, ma.i Spagnia , mille tre, mille tre..... At least a 'democratic ' in his pursuits, in an age when even Bishops, as former owners of slaves, exercised their Ancien-Regime- right of 'first night' ...

[lmspr]

Definitely one of my favorite versions of this aria. His velvety tone and beautiful, lyrical phrasing make this a very special version.

[TheHandshakeval]

Ma in Ispagna son gia mille e tre...

[TedMichaelMorgan]

Isn't this a fun take on the scene.

[francy85mo]

viva viva Leporello...!!!

[sebreathnach]

Viva the Doni!!!

[enbose1]

leporello mon personnage préféré du film !

[dfd2020]

wonderful movie.

VanDam is a great leporello.

[sebreathnach]

I suppose one should be mindful of the Don's conquests... Spain must have been a wonderful place of rakes... mille tre... and no mention of Ireland, even in the eighteenth century... Mille tre is pushing it a bit, wouldn't you think? Even for a Lord who was not above asserting his right of 'first night'!

[Taskat]

Well, Leporello may just have been trying to make his master look bad. It wouldn't be a suprising interpretation, considering the Opera's first Aria. Perhaps 'ol Lep is just looking to take the Don's place.

[sebreathnach]

Don't think so. Why? The Don actually coaches Lep. knowing full well that his peasant constictions will never make him either into a Don or a Robbie Burns. I fancy that it is more Da Ponte than Mozart. Da Ponte put himself about Europe and seemed to benefit from his cumulative experiences... No?

[koudriach]

Bravo JVD ! Le meilleur Leporello qui soit... diction idéale, mordant et timbre incisif. Interprétation juste sans en faire de trop. Equilibre parfait. J'adore !

[nishmat]

Oooho, she looks like newly raised up from her own grave!

[Debby99999]

Viva Leporello ! Kiri Te Kanawa is so beautiful

[poco73000]

vive leporello un super personnage

[KatherineXIX]

I liked how they made this aria more interesting visually, but I kind of wish Leporello still could have been in the center of attention!

[poco73000]

leporello mon personnage préféré du film !

exelent mais je n'ai pas vue la fin car on le regarde en musiqque...

[charmaine118]

BRAVO! Mon favorite opera in the world!!!

[OspreyTherian]

I recommend Losey's film version highly. I think I've watched it.... oh.... 8,ooo times :D

[grandrapids57]

@OspreyTherian I use the Losey film in my classroom: I've probably watched 50-60 times. I have even taken it home to watch once or twice!

[OspreyTherian]

@grandrapids57 :-D I love everything about it!

[thebananamonkey]

Is this a camcord of your TV???

[luisamiller]

Un très grand Leporello. Merci Monsieur

[MANUELVID]

Excelente!!!!

[praderon]

Buenísima!!!

[spangolite]

I always thought Te Kanawa's headgear inspired the opera singer in Fifth Element--maybe it was an hommage by Luc Besson to an interesting production?

[operagirl81]

I just got this DVD and I LOVE it!! Definitely recommended!!! Such an awesome cast!! And the setting is so beautiful.

[wachtelms]

The best part was setting the thing in Venice. Absolutely brilliant.

[maxfieldparrish2003]

The best part of the movie.

[humpelberry]

A tumor?

[lindyms]

I love Jose Van Dam in any Mozart, thanks for posting this. But what on earth has Kiri Te Kanawa got on her head???

[radsvid]

A turban? :P

[Amethyst888]

looks like a beak