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Will she come to her senses and seek refuge with her adoring Masetto? The lush set of faux gardens and shrubs featured in “Don Giovanni,” through Dec. Will Anna try to do away with Giovanni herself, both to avenge her father and her own sullied honor? Will Elvira somehow win him back, even though she knows in her heart he never was hers from the start? Will Zerlina succumb to his wooing, or There is the elegant and justifiably outraged Donna Anna, who, with the aid of her devoted milquetoast fiancé Don Ottavio, is determined to exact revenge for the murder of her beloved father, the Commendatore the passionate, heartbroken Donna Elvira, strong and defiant in her gaucho pants and boots, who nonetheless still pines for the Don’s affection despite her compelling anger and the carefree Zerlina, who, though initially flattered and tempted by Don Giovanni, realizes her mistake and reconsiders her stalwart, if simple, fiancé Masetto.

Lyric opera chicago don giovanni full#

In “Don Giovanni,” the comic and the tragic are in full bloom, much like the sumptuous, verdant gardens of Don Giovanni’s estate, and the three women harmed by the narcissistic Don provide the compelling dramatic counterpoint to his hilarious antics and those of his conflicted, somewhat hapless servant, Leporello. The tour de force opera is considered by some scholars to be a dramma giocoso, which mixes various genres – comic, pathetic, tragic and supernatural – rather than a simple opera buffa. One year after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s sparkling and groundbreaking “The Marriage of Figaro,” considered daring in 1786 for treating the lowly barber/valet Figaro as a social equal of the entitled, libertine nobleman Count Almaviva, came the even more complex and musically glorious “Giovanni,” the following year. Likewise, Walt Spangler’s cityscape is as evocative as his grand houses Ana Kuzmanic’s colorful costumes are lovely to behold, reflecting both modernity and grandeur, befitting and delineating the various characters’ stations in life. The setting’s updated era – 1930s Spain - also helps to imbue Mozart’s characters with a more contemporary sensibility. 14 and continues at the Civic Opera House in Chicago through Dec. Lyric Opera’s ‘Don Giovanni’ shimmers with gorgeous music, hilarious hijinks and wronged characters hellbent on revengeĪs with its same production just five years ago, the music, sets and costumes in Lyric Opera’s “Don Giovanni” are lavish and beautiful - at times, spectacular.Īnd though to today’s opera-goers the juxtaposition of the charming but lecherous Don’s comical hijinks, along with the revelation of his callous, even brutal, darker side, might seem confusing and even offensive, director Robert Falls, artistic director of Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, pulls it off with sympathetic clarity and wisdom.