Don Giovanni, K. 527

Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Librettist/Text Author: Ponte, Lorenzo da

Conductor: Furtwangler, Wilhelm

Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Lang, Thomas

Don Giovanni: Siepi, Cesare

Don Ottavio: Dermota, Anton

Donna Anna: Grummer, Elisabeth

Donna Elvira: Della Casa, Lisa

Leporello: Edelmann, Otto

Masetto: Berry, Walter

The Commendatore: Ernster, Deszo

Zerlina: Berger, Erna

Set Designer: Holzmeister, Clemens

Stage Director: Graf, Herbert

Television Director: Czinner, Paul

Television Director: Travers, Alfred

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Date of Production: 1954

Festival: Salzburg Festival

Playing Time: 02:49:24

Catalogue Number: A02000279

Libretto

Don Giovanni, K. 527 DE

Synopsis

Don Giovanni, K. 527

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Filmed at the 1954 Salzburg Festival, this restored and technically enhanced recording of Don Giovanni is more than simply a superb performance of one of the world's most lastingly popular operas with an exquisite cast led by Cesare Siepi, Elisabeth Grummer and Lisa della Casa. It is the last visual document of Wilhelm Furtwangler's art, the legacy of a great conductor. A giant among 20th-century conductors, Wilhelm Furtwangler was associated for many years with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. After the war, he discovered a new, exceptionally rewarding venue for his artistry at the Salzburg Festival. Beginning with Fidelio in 1948, Furtwangler ushered in a golden age of memorable performances in Salzburg.