[Met Performance] CID:183970



Don Giovanni
Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, January 29, 1960




Don Giovanni (210)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Lorenzo Da Ponte
Don Giovanni
George London

Donna Anna
Eleanor Steber

Don Ottavio
Nicolai Gedda

Donna Elvira
Lisa Della Casa

Leporello
Fernando Corena

Zerlina
Roberta Peters

Masetto
Theodor Uppman

Commendatore
William Wilderman


Conductor
Karl Böhm







Review 1:

Review of John Ardoin in Musical America
This performance brought the first Don Giovanni and first Don Ottavio of the season of George London and Nicolai Gedda, respectively. Mr. London reasserted himself as one of the finest exponents of the role of the Don today. Not only does he understand the role so well dramatically, but he is such a musician!

I could not imagine a more perfect Don Ottavio than Mr. Gedda. This superb singer has a flawless control of his voice. This was shown in the "Dalla sua pace", which so treacherously exposes the voice. But the way Mr. Gedda molded the phrases, and the sureness with which he sang, made the aria truly memorable. He received a huge ovation for his faultless delivery of "Il mio Tesoro."

Mention must be made of Eleanor Steber's singing of "Non mi dir". Rarely have I heard this fine singer in better voice, and her delivery of this aria was a perfect match for Mr. Gedda's "Dalla sua pace". The familiar cast included Lisa della Casa, Roberta. Peters, William Wildermann, Fernando Corena, and Theodor Uppman. Karl Boehm conducted a beautifully paced performance following a breathless and harried version of the Overture.

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