[Met Performance] CID:106130



Don Giovanni
Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, November 7, 1930 Matinee





Don Giovanni (80)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Lorenzo Da Ponte
Don Giovanni
Ezio Pinza

Donna Anna
Rosa Ponselle

Don Ottavio
Beniamino Gigli

Donna Elvira
Maria M?ller

Leporello
Pavel Ludikar

Zerlina
Editha Fleischer

Masetto
Louis D'Angelo

Commendatore
L?on Rothier


Conductor
Tullio Serafin


Director
Wilhelm Von Wymetal

Designer
Joseph Urban

Choreographer
August Berger





Don Giovanni received four performances this season.

Review 1:

Review of Grena Bennett in the American

Superlative Cast Intones 'Don Giovanni' at Benefit

The Co-operative Committee of Big Sisters made a wise selection when the choice for its benefit fell on ''Don Giovanni," which was sung yesterday afternoon at the Metropolitan Opera House. Not only was Mozart's masterpiece presented by a superlative cast, but the receipts were large enough to show a net profit of nearly $4,000. This does not look like the hard times that one hears so much about.

The title role of the philandering Don was entrusted to Ezio Pinza, whose handsome face and figure and fine voice amply realized the irresistibility of the character. Rosa Ponselle, whose debut last year in the part of Donna Anna was long deferred because of illness, sang that role with the glorious quality and opulence that are so identified with her performances. Beniamino Gigli was Don Ottavio, and his share was as splendid an example of belcanto as one could hear these days when examples of that serene, smooth school are only too rare.

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Editha Fleischer's Zerlina and Pavel Ludikar's Leporello were of equal musical merit. The sole new principal artist was Marie M?ller, who sang Donna Elvira with spirit and artistry. Louis D'Angelo, the bumpkin Masetto, and Leon Rothier, as the Commandatore, were adequate in brief parts.

Tullio Serafin offered a masterly reading of the score, molding each phrase and episode with skill and a realization of effect. His support of the singers was sensitive and considerate and at the same time the auditor was given a clear and contenting version of Mozart's lovely measures. There was much and deserved applause.



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