Don Giovanni

Classical 101

Drama and More in Mozart's Prague Symphony

Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro wasn't quite the great success he hoped it would be when it premiered in Vienna in May 1786, but when it was鈥�
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Remembering Roberta Peters

Christopher Purdy

The world just got a little sadder. The New York Times, Opera News and a variety of print and online screeds are reporting the death of soprano Roberta鈥�
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Opera Abbreviated: Don Giovanni

Christopher Purdy

The Metropolitan Opera presents Mozart's Don Giovanni, live in HD in movie theaters worldwide on Saturday, October 22nd at 1:00 PM. Heres' my take on what鈥�
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Don Giovanni Makes a Great Graphic Novel

As I write this, I am listening to a great recording of Don Giovanni which starred Samuel Ramey and cast with the Berlin Philharmonic. Ramey's voice is鈥�