The Original Portrayal of Mozart’s Don Giovanni
- Author: Tessing Schneider, Magnus
Book
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Contents
- Introduction
- Rewriting the myth of Don Juan
- The demonising of Don Giovanni: A historical overview
- Chapter 1: Luigi Bassi as Don Giovanni
- The singer and his role
- Intention and experience: Prescriptive and descriptive sources
- The performer as a phenomenon
- Grace and gallantry: Bassi's portrayal
- Performance traditions: Italians and Germans
- Chapter 2: The opening scene
- Chapter 3: Don Giovanni and the three women
- Donna Elvira's entrance aria
- The duettino
- The quartet and Donna Anna's narration
- Chapter 4: The party episode
- The champagne aria
- The garden scene
- The ballroom scene
- Chapter 5: The disguise episode
- The first duet with Leporello
- The trio
- The canzonetta
- The disguise aria
- Chapter 6: The graveyard scene
- Chapter 7: The second finale
- The supper
- The last encounter with Donna Elvira
- Don Giovanni and the stone guest
- The final scene
- Postscript: In defence of the operatic work
- Bibliography