Don Giovanni Commendatore MIDI Practice

Statue Scene Act II Finale
Don Giovanni by Mozart

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This is the climax of the opera. The Commendatore the father of Donna Anna was killed in the first scene by Don Giovanni. Late in the second act Giovanni and his servant Leporello stumble into a graveyard where the Commendatore's statue speaks to them. Giovanni invites him to dinner. In this scene the statue comes to dinner and drags him down to hell.

It is a trio for three basses but the example recording is only of the Commendatore's line.

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This is a MIDI study aid. It is not intended as a Music Minus One recording, partly because it is not minus the solo line and partly because MIDI is a little stiff for performances. Better performance results are available from commercial MMO CDs. This excerpt is intended to aid singers in learning this music.

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This video was scanned from the Schimer vocal score. There are at least two errors in this scene. When Giovanni takes the staue's hand the full score is marked Piu Stretto. The Shirmer score omits this marking. Also the Commandatore's line reverses the English and the Italian rhythm on the phrase "Pentiti cangia vita".

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The final picture is of me when I sang this role at Marin Opera.

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[ppiersall]

Can I get access to the MIDI files

[Agorante]

@ppiersall

Soon.

[teslageiger]

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[Agorante]

@teslageiger

I'm afarid you'll have to get in line and wait your turn.

[Agorante]

I will soon be posting the complete Don Giovanni.

[0001musicman]

Hi. Great work! Have launched your website yet?? Can we get access to the midi files for this?? thanks

[teslageiger]

@Agorante I will wait...

[ChairmanCross]

Could we not have download links for the scan. Would be nice

[timesman2]

Thank you for posting this!!