Don Giovanni (Opera)

Komische Oper Berlin Turns ‘Don Giovanni’ Into a Requiem

In Berlin, the director Kirill Serebrennikov’s new production dispenses with the opera’s final sextet and leads directly into Mozart’s Requiem.

By Ben Miller

Castellucci, Romeo Currentzis, Teodor I Don Giovanni (Opera) Hinterhauser, Markus (1958- ) MusicAeterna Opera Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Salzburg Festival Utopia (Music Group)

As Ukraine War Goes On, Where Is Teodor Currentzis’s Red Line?

Teodor Currentzis, whose MusicAeterna receives funding from a Russian state bank, has eluded censure at the prestigious Salzburg Festival.

By Joshua Barone

Don Giovanni (Opera) Martinez, Ana Maria Mattei, Peter Metropolitan Opera Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Opera Plachetka, Adam Stutzmann, Nathalie van Hove, Ivo

Review: At the Met, a New ‘Don Giovanni’ Has a Stark Vitality

An excellent cast brings heat to Ivo van Hove’s austere, agile staging of Mozart’s classic, starring Peter Mattei and conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann.

By Zachary Woolfe

Don Giovanni (Opera) Fang, Ying Metropolitan Opera Opera Stutzmann, Nathalie van Hove, Ivo

The Pains and Privileges of Staging Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’

Three artists preparing a new production of this classic at the Metropolitan Opera discuss what makes it so difficult yet satisfying.

By Joshua Barone