Wiener Staatsoper: Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni – Kyle Ketelsen

Donna Elvira – Kate Lindsey

Leporello – Philippe Sly

Donna Anna – Hanna-Elisabeth Müller

Don Ottavio – Stanislas de Barbeyrac

Zerlina – Patricia Nolz

Masetto – Peter Kellner

Il Commendatore – Ain Anger

Director – Barrie Kosky

Conductor – Philippe Jordan

Set & Costume Designer –  Katrin Lea Tag

Lighting designer – Franck Evin

In the first installment of his Da Ponte cycle at the Vienna State Opera, director Barrie Kosky does what he does best. He focuses the action completely on the characters. “I think characters like Don Giovanni are like mirrors in which we see ourselves. Sometimes like distorting mirrors, sometimes like broken mirrors. Sometimes the image we see is unappetizing”. Indeed, Kosky’s character direction is “impressive” (Klassikpunk), as he uncovers new facets and puts great faith in the singers to deliver his vision. Kyle Ketelsen as Don Giovanni (“vibrant” – Der Standard) and Philippe Sly as Leporello “took centre stage (…) and dared to satirise the burden of tradition” (ORF). Hanna-Elisabeth Müller is “convincing” as Donna Anna and the young Patricia Nolz gives an excellent role debut as Zerlina alongside the “virtuosic” Peter Keller as Masetto. Conductor Philippe Jordan “plays the recitatives delicately and subtly on the fortepiano” and “achieves transparency, tangibility and poetry on the basis of historical accuracy” (Der Standard).