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Don Giovanni (1979)

Don Giovanni (1979)

Drama Music
Release Date: 1979, November 6
Directors: Joseph Losey
Countries: Germany, France, Italy
Production: Gaumont, Caméra One, Opera Film Produzione, France 2, Janus Film und Fernsehen, Opéra National de Paris
Cast: Kiri Te Kanawa, José van Dam, Ruggero Raimondi, Kenneth Riegel, Teresa Berganza, John Macurdy, Malcolm King, Edda Moser

Overview:

Screen adapatation of Mozart's greatest opera. Don Giovanni, the infamous womanizer, makes one conquest after another until the ghost of Donna Anna's father, the Commendatore, (whom Giovanni killed) makes his appearance. He offers Giovanni one last chance to repent for his multitudinious improprieties. He will not change his ways So, he is sucked down into hell by evil spirits. High drama, hysterical comedy, magnificent music!

Keywords:

filmed opera