Mozart: Don Giovanni Deh vienni alla finestra

From the Don Giovanni production by Calixto Bieito and performed at the Liceu in Barcelona last June 2008. Simon Keenlyside's Giovanni sings the famous serenade. Too bad no one answered the phone...


Don Giovanni - Simon Keenlyside

Gran Teatro del Liceo Chrorus and Orchestra
Category: Music

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Mozart
• Don
• Giovanni
• Deh
• vienni
• alla
• finestra
• Simon
• Keenlyside

[matthieusarah]

I bet that with such a staging Leporello's catalogo is now on his Blackberry

[tenore23]

Or in his laptop, in excel.

[eurydike]

@tenore23 excel would be good, Leporello could easily add up f.e. how many girls of each nationality or age his master has had:-))

[tenore23]

@eurydike well, now we have entered the ipad generation, so it would still be excell, but not on a laotop, but on an ipad.

[eurydike]

@tenore23 well, thats too much it terminology, i am glad i know what to with excel (not much though:-))

cant you put here more videos from don giovanni? is it possible to buy a dvd ?

[tenore23]

@eurydike The production is available for purchase on DVD, but not with this cast. You can find it on Amazon, the stage director is Calixto Bieito and i am sure if you search for "Mozart Giovanni Bieito" you will find it.

[margyoseven]

Deh vieni al telefono?

[MaximusTenor]

semplicemente ridicolo...

[Sochilinda]

@matthieusarah hahahahah, omg, you are so right!

[lisamayavonB]

This is crazy but it made me happy, so, thank you!! Keenlyside is a rare operasinger, the kind that can make poeople who are not into opera see the beauty in it!! Love your work Simon

[Vincenzo2010an]

@margyoseven ridicolo, no?

[eurydike]

@tenore23 the problem is i would like to have it with this cast. can´t you put here more from this production and with Keenlyside please:-))) ?

[eurydike]

is it possible to get a dvd of the whole production?

[eurydike]

how come don giovanni is using a phone:-)?

[TheWoodworks]

Drunk dial, ha

[pepamicro]

Yeah, trash was allover, but if you saw the whole production it made sense. Donna Anna was also a great theatrical character... instead of a raped virgin, Bieito portrays a consentant lover who, after the disaster of her father's death, hides her guilt and lust behid a fake, hypocritical, double-standard innocence, whilst still trying to have sex with Giovanni and totally manipulating Ottavio.

[calafsdream]

chatting online with his webcam

[manrico29]

The telephone gimmick is just plain idiotic.Simon is a marvellous mozartean singer !!!

[matthieusarah]

The phone thing is absolutely ridiculous! It ruins the entire aria! But simon is still the best for this particular aria. I completely fall in love with him each time I hear him singing it! Could someone give me his phone number.

[Sailorstayfree]

the best orfeo ever!

[kostaspapaza]

Maybe the best interpertation of this piece

i have even heard. i like the way he signs the word "veder" near the end. just great...really soft and tender singing...

the sets and the costumes really suck...

[tenore23]

I agree with you. This production has moments both good and bad. The depiction of Elvira as a little neurotic who binges in food and shopping was a stoke of genius. The killing of the Comendatore was powerful. Other moments were just trash.

I think the danger of modern productions is when it stops being a production and turns into an object of shock for shock value.

[jeffro887]

I'm not sure what I think about this production, but he sounds really good in this. I wasn't a big fan of Keenlyside, but he keeps getting better. I also think it's interesting when directors modernize operas. I did a modern version of Pirates of Penzance last summer. All modern productions have their "flaws" but they can be very powerful is really thought through.

[KatherineXIX]

Poor, poor Simon. Why the phone?

[aubtri]

He is a wonderful singer. But I doubt one can say the same about the director... forceful originality.