{"id":3011,"date":"2020-12-30T12:25:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T18:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anngumpperdesign.com\/?page_id=3011"},"modified":"2020-12-30T12:26:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T18:26:50","slug":"don-giovanni-review","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anngumpperdesign.com\/index.php\/don-giovanni-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Giovanni Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3011\" class=\"elementor elementor-3011\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-01ae9c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"01ae9c7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c77530f\" data-id=\"c77530f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ee733b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ee733b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"article-section-header\"><section><div id=\"article-header\"><div class=\"article-header-title\"><h1 class=\"article-headline\">Opera review: Mozart goes to the movies in LOON&#8217;s &#8216;Don Giovanni<\/h1><div class=\"light-grey byline\">Written By:\u00a0<span id=\"noLink\" class=\"ttu\">Lawrance Bernabo, for the News Tribune<\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<time class=\"timestamp\">Jun 23rd 2018 &#8211; 1pm.<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div><div id=\"article-section-body\"><div id=\"top-social-share\"><div class=\"addthis_inline_share_toolbox\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.duluthnewstribune.com\/entertainment\/4464153-opera-review-mozart-goes-movies-loons-don-giovanni\" data-title=\"Opera review: Mozart goes to the movies in LOON's 'Don Giovanni' | Duluth News Tribune\" data-description=\"A hallmark of Lyric Opera of the North productions is that the staging is as important as the singing. With their Mozart meets the movies production of &quot;Don Giovanni,&quot; LOON once again has a show to enchant first-timers while enthralling longtime ...\"><div id=\"atstbx\" class=\"at-resp-share-element at-style-responsive addthis-smartlayers addthis-animated at4-show\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"at-75a453bc-c77f-46ee-b919-c297aff5aafb\"><span id=\"at-75a453bc-c77f-46ee-b919-c297aff5aafb\" class=\"at4-visually-hidden\"><\/span><div class=\"at-share-btn-elements\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"article-header-media\"><div class=\"image\"><div class=\"landscape \"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"topMedia\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duluthnewstribune.com\/incoming\/article1714770.ece\/alternates\/BASE_LANDSCAPE\/Gennard%20Lombardozzi%20%28Don%20Ottavio%29%20performs%20during%20a%20dress%20rehearsal%20of%20%20Lyric%20Opera%20of%20the%20North%27s%20production%20of%20%27Don%20Giovanni%27%20is%20set%20in%201930s%20Hollywood.%20Clint%20Austin%20%20caustin%40duluthnews.com\" alt=\"Gennard Lombardozzi (Don Ottavio) performs during a dress rehearsal of  Lyric Opera of the North's production of 'Don Giovanni' is set in 1930s Hollywood. Clint Austin \/ caustin@duluthnews.com\" width=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.duluthnewstribune.com\/incoming\/article1714770.ece\/alternates\/BASE_LANDSCAPE\/Gennard%20Lombardozzi%20%28Don%20Ottavio%29%20performs%20during%20a%20dress%20rehearsal%20of%20%20Lyric%20Opera%20of%20the%20North%27s%20production%20of%20%27Don%20Giovanni%27%20is%20set%20in%201930s%20Hollywood.%20Clint%20Austin%20%20caustin%40duluthnews.com\" data-srcset=\"\" \/><\/div><div class=\"caption\">Gennard Lombardozzi (Don Ottavio) performs during a dress rehearsal of Lyric Opera of the North&#8217;s production of &#8216;Don Giovanni&#8217; is set in 1930s Hollywood. Clint Austin \/ caustin@duluthnews.com<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"piano-inline-container\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"article-body\"><div class=\"main-body\"><div class=\"first-p\">A hallmark of Lyric Opera of the North productions is that the staging is as important as the singing. With their Mozart meets the movies production of &#8220;Don Giovanni,&#8221; LOON once again has a show to enchant first-timers while enthralling longtime opera devotees.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Stage director Christina Baldwin setting the opera in 1930s Hollywood is a cleverly exploited conceit that pays immediate dividends as the overture is staged as shooting a movie scene. Each LOON chorus members has a distinctive studio personnel role.<\/div><div class=\"p402_premium\"><p>Don Giovanni is now a major movie star who assumes every woman wants to sleep with him. Played by Calland Metts, it is easy to believe he is a legendary lover, especially when he turns on the charm in his &#8220;Deh vieni alla finestra&#8221; serenade.<\/p><p>But this production&#8217;s mission is to reduce the lecherous lothario to a ludicrous libertine (it is so deliciously meta Metts is television&#8217;s Happy Sleeper guy). You have to laugh at the idea a movie icon puts on a small black mask or exchanges a cloak for a scarf and is suddenly totally unrecognizable.<\/p><p>Lee Gregory&#8217;s LOON debut as Leporello, Don Giovanni&#8217;s assistant, is a resounding success. Gregory&#8217;s rich baritone voice resonates throughout the evening. He shows a flair for mugging, juggling and using a variety of props during &#8220;Madamina, il catalogo \u00e8 questo.&#8221;<\/p><p>Leporello is now comic without being a clown, since servants being smarter than their rich bosses is more tragic reality than comic contrivance in modern times.<\/p><p>As Donna Elvira, Vicki Fingalson charts the opera&#8217;s arc of passion, from full-throated vengeance in &#8220;Ah, chi mi dice mai&#8221; to compassionate pity in &#8220;Mi trad\u00ec quell&#8217;alma ingrata&#8221; as she gets ready for her close-up.<\/p><p>Erin Persick&#8217;s Zerlina was another major delight of the evening, sweetly wielding a sword while singing &#8220;Batti, batti o bel Masetto&#8221; in the first act and playfully delivering the innuendo inundated &#8220;Vedrai carino&#8221; in the second. William Bryan&#8217;s towering Masetto, wearing lederhosen and carrying a sheep, is a charming foil to her entreaties.<\/p><p>As Don Ottavio, tenor Gennard Lombardozzi has his moment in a rather pesky spotlight with &#8220;Il mio tesoro,&#8221; providing a lovely mix of tone and technique. This is matched later when soprano Sarah Lawrence, as his fianc\u00e9 Donna Anna, delivers an exquisite &#8220;Non mi dir.&#8221;<\/p><p>Then there is bass Andrew Gangestad as Il Commendatore, the statue ex machina with the death stare who puts the unrepentant Don Giovanni on a final red carpet&#8230;to Hell. Small part, big voice, big impact.<\/p><p>The recitatives are done in English and unnecessarily accompanied by supratitles. Understanding what is being said is not a problem, and it was distracting when what we could read and hear did not match up.<\/p><p>The first opera in the new NorShor sounds great, even with conductor Dirk Meyer&#8217;s orchestra stationed under the stage.<\/p><p>Ann Gumpper&#8217;s scenic design extends the NorShor&#8217;s artwork over the dressing room doors, and the two ladies flanking the stage have their moments to shine as well.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opera review: Mozart goes to the movies in LOON&#8217;s &#8216;Don Giovanni Written By:\u00a0Lawrance Bernabo, for the News Tribune\u00a0|\u00a0Jun 23rd 2018 &#8211; 1pm. \u00a0Gennard Lombardozzi (Don Ottavio) performs during a dress rehearsal of Lyric Opera of the North&#8217;s production of &#8216;Don Giovanni&#8217; is set in 1930s Hollywood. 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