Mozart: Don Giovanni – review

Grümmer/Lorengar/Köth/Grobe/Fischer-Dieskau/Berry/Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin/Fricsay (Arthaus Musik, 2 DVDs)This famous Don Giovanni was first broadcast in September 1961 to mark the opening of the Deutsche Opera in west Berlin, though it was, in fact, recorded at an open dress rehearsal the day before its official first night. It's full of political resonances. The Berlin Wall had been constructed only weeks before, and you can sense a jitteriness in the air. The opera i...

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