La ci darem la mano - Thomas Allen & Elizabeth Gale (from the programme "Understanding Opera")

Thomas Allen and Elizabeth Gale perform "La ci darem la mano" from Mozart's DON GIOVANNI.
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Atherton.

Filmed in a television studio for a programme in the "Understanding Opera" series (written and presented by Stephen Oliver). LWT (London Weekend Television), early 1980s

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[roddo100000]

I was the producer of this show, which featured set designs by Allen Jones and costumes by LWT's wardrobe department, and I can confirm that we were not inspired by the 1977 Peter Hall production at all -- none of us had seern it.The sequence was newly staged by our director John Carlaw. -- Rod Allen

[interpreterr]

@roddo100000 Thanks for the clarification! I really enjoyed the show and wish more episodes had been made.

[drtmuir]

This is what we used to call in college "racing her off." ;)

[interpreterr]

@drtmuir nice way of putting it :-)

[interpreterr]

She was! And I think she was also in the Glyndebourne production. There must be a connection between this and Hall's production - costumes are so similar.

[interpreterr]

PS. Two more bits to come! -:)

[Ludlow889]

The great Sir Thomas Allen and the wonderful, underrated Elizabeth Gale! Thanks for uploading this.

[tenordramaticitm2]

lovely

[schweitzer006325]

Wow...Regency era costumes mixed with Thomas Allen as Don Giovanni? Magnificent! Yes, you can see I'm a big fan of the Regency era and Jane Austen.

I seem to think though that this little excerpt is based off the 1977 Peter Hall production (costume and prop-wise anyway) and wasn't Elizabeth Gale the Zerlina in the 1984 Haitink recording with TA?