Don Giovanni - La ci darem la mano - Allen and Rost

[operafan0anegnd]

Really like this this rendition. There are many other good performances of it also,

each with a slightly different take. It is enriching to be able to appreciate a number of different interpretations. One dimensional comparisons are often inadequate, even meaningless.

[Pashley91684]

His wig is awful...

[drtmuir]

@Pashley91684 Not my favorite, either, but I forgive him.

[drtmuir]

Is it just me, or do they always put him with tiny Zerlinas? ;) Where do they find these mini-Zerlinas? ;)

[SardegnaFine]

He looks like Elvis! :D

[franco96544]

BRAVISSIMO: mai sentinto un inglese pronunciare l'italiano meglio di un..italiano!

[Vincenzo2010an]

@franco96544 sì ,è bravissimo!

[anzolettilino]

@franco96544 è bravissimo, ma nell' aria dello chamagne non riesce mai a pronnuciare chiaramente "ancor quella "e senza alcun ordine.

[lachorvath]

nos ilyenkor büszke az ember arra, hogy magyar :)

[schweitzer006325]

Thomas Allen is always fantastic as Don Giovanni (he is most certainly the best Don Giovanni of his generation) and to also see his Don in leather is...well...something! *resists the urge to faint* Just adds to his interpretation's dangerous blend of charm and recklessness. Thanks for posting.

[drtmuir]

The leather is brilliant-- the wig, not so much. ;)

[Phabathanbob]

That is the essence of The Don, he must be what women desire and what men want to emulate. Even if you know he is an utter b******d, you have to like him. The opera goes for nothing if you don't. The productions that fail are the ones that make him appear too evil to be likeable

[lucyliesinashes]

I LOVVVEEEE Thomas Allen! The only weird thing for me, is that there's so obviously not a cruel or harsh thing about his presence at all (in person or on stage), so there's some cognative dissonance in how awful he acts.

[drtmuir]

If you were an innocent young girl, would you go running off with a man who seemed cruel or harsh?

[gamgee87]

This whole production is excellent...Feruccio Furlanetto is a hysterical Leporello, and he and Allen are great together.

[gamgee87]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Thomas Allen as Don Giovanni! And Rost is perfect, because she sounds so fragile.

[Cidalyse]

like costumes and decaration but the acting is pretty weak . voices aren't bad but i've seen better...

[ChantantReve]

...he's in leather AND he has a sword... hmmm. Love this duet. Love his voice.

[mltube]

Such a pity that they did not film Allen's Glyndebourne performance with Haitink. What a superb production it was, and Allen gave his greatest performance.

[ettoleetoile]

But I wouldn't trust that Don Giovanni in leather! He looks too dangerous to convince innocent women to go to his house! :-) And Zerlina looks a bit like an older married woman with lots of principles. i'm not convinced actually... But maybe I saw Liliana Nikiteanu (in the Jurgen Flimm production) toooo many times. That one (with Rodney Gilfry as Don Giovanni) is the best Don Giovanni production I ever saw!

[lithiumsliver]

what one sees the first time really effects ones views about other performances... i think zerlina is very apt here.. very pretty.. and the leather makes it brilliant

[1401JSC]

But WHY is she in black?

[Thomazsainz]

I dont like Allen's Voice... I mean, he's amazing but i dont care much for it. i Love the Rost's Voice is Pretty though. I love this duet though. Great Opera. actually towards the end of the duet Allen has a pretty amazing voice. Great! -Thomas

[lucyliesinashes]

blasphemy! lol

[kvagga1]

Don Giovanni in leather!Great!

[Sars78]

Don Ottavia HAS to be weak ;-)

[Ste6543]

she's really good =)

[wdstick]

Get in there my son!

[LilliVanessi]

Thomas Allen is my favourite Giovanni - Andrea Rost is great, too - and the whole Hampe production is fantastic. I've got the DVD, and the only one who is weak is Don Ottavio.

[Villainesse1]

great voices.. boring staging..but I laughed at the phallic obelisk in the background!

[Rusty214]

I really like the slower tempo of this song, it really sounds better when they take their time.

[MahlerTitan]

this is a really good version, i have it on DVD too.

[mauscherika]

It is a 1991 recording, Koln operahouse. I have it on DVD, too and I LOVE IT! Andrea Rost is the best Zerlina ever!

[Orbazzano]

She is not bad, but the best Zerlina was,is and will be Mirella Freni!!! She is the best!!!

[mauscherika]

I really hope, one day I can see Mirella as Zerlina...if there is a video recording about her...

[AndrewDeJoseph]

how old is this clip? I've always liked Allen as Giovanni