Don Giovanni

Since its debut in 1934 the Glyndebourne Festival has put a focus on Mozart operas and developed a great competence in staging them Mozart s operas seem to be made for the small but fine opera house in Glyndebourne and its not surprising that the 1977 Don Giovanni one of Mozarts great masterpieces was a huge success This production is conducted by Bernard Haitink who holds the opinion that no other composer had more opera in his blood than Mozart It has been proven for example that Mozart had no overture for Don Giovanni until the evening before the premiere in Prague and wrote it down in just one night Like the premieres success of the opera in Prague in 1787 the Glyndebournes version staged by Peter Hall was praised by audience and critics alike We witness a lively and wideawake ensemble piece that has easily survived all these decades and still manages to teach many directors the art of playing theatre