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Don Giovanni according to Ivo van Hove: a puritan despite himself?

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“the cast had plenty of talent and passion”
Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Palais Garnier, Paris on 16 June 2019
Mozart, Don Giovanni
Philippe Jordan, Conductor
Ivo van Hove, Director
Jan Versweyveld, Set Designer
An D'Huys, Costume Designer
Étienne Dupuis, Don Giovanni
Jacquelyn Wagner, Donna Anna
Nicole Car, Donna Elvira
Philippe Sly, Leporello
Elsa Dreisig, Zerlina
Ain Anger, The Commendatore
Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Don Ottavio
Mikhail Timoshenko, Masetto
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