01 Apr 2005

Don Giovanni at the Met

Bleak but uproarious, bawdy but singed with hellfire, Mozart’s opera “Don Giovanni” is just as elusive as its title character. Philosopher Søren Kierkegaard identified Don Giovanni with music and desire: “a force, a wind, impatience, passion,” forever ungraspable.


Ryszard Horowitz: Don Giovanni

A 'Don Giovanni' to fall for

BY MARION LIGNANA ROSENBERG [Newsday, 1 Apr 05]

Bleak but uproarious, bawdy but singed with hellfire, Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni" is just as elusive as its title character. Philosopher Søren Kierkegaard identified Don Giovanni with music and desire: "a force, a wind, impatience, passion," forever ungraspable.

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