I posted the link and embedded the video from ArteLiveWeb
here. If you're still interested in seeing this wonderful production --targeting the adults who prefer to see more shades of gray in an opera production, rather than simple black/white portrayal of the characters-- then please do!
I saw it twice, plus one more time in fractions, thinking I might have been a bit too biased, as I globally like the Tcherniakov's work, and maybe his Don Giovanni wasn't all that good as I thought it was after seeing it only once. Well,
sorry to all of you guys who disliked it, but after seeing it more than once I definitely think this is one of the finest shows we've ever seen in opera. Never did I see the singers act as good as professional actors in this sort of drama requiring classical acting, in which simplicity and spontaneity are essential, and which is so hard for many professional actors to achieve. Dima Tcherniakov made his crew do exactly that! They seemed spontaneous and natural.
Don Giovanni, July 5 2010 (Festival in Aix-en-Provence, via Arte)
Director Dmitrii Tcherniakov
Conductor Louis Langrée
The action takes place in the house of Commendatore
Il Commendatore..... Anatoli Kotscherga
Donna Anna, his daughter..... Marlis Petersen
Don Ottavio, her new fiancé..... Colin Balzer
Zerlina, Donna Anna's daughter.... Kerstin Avemo
Masetto, Zerlina's fiancé..... David Bizic
Donna Elvira, Donna Anna's cousin..... Kristine Opolais
Don Giovanni, Donna Elvira's husband..... Bo Skovhus
Leporello, a relative who lives in the house..... Kyle Ketelsen
