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The right tinta

Ivo van Hove directs Don Giovanni in New York (*****)

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May 24, 2023
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Peter Mattei als Don Giovanni © Karen Almond  | Met Opera

Author : Johan Uytterschaut

It applies to all of Mozart’s operas, but eminently so to the three Da Pontes: the music for each of these three operas has a unique character which makes them (within the boundaries of Mozart’s idiom) impossible to confuse with one another. It is not always easy to pinp…

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