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Kasper Holten's cinematic Don Giovanni shines at the Canadian Opera Company

Gordon Bintner (Don Giovanni) and Mané Galoyan (Donna Anna)
© Michael Cooper
Paolo Bordogna (Leporello) and Gordon Bintner (Don Giovanni)
© Michael Cooper
Don Giovanni, Act 1 finale
© Michael Cooper
Simone McIntosh (Zerlina) and Gordon Bintner (Don Giovanni)
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“Mané Goloyan’s Donna Anna was sweetly sung with some stylish ornamentation in the big numbers”
Reviewed at Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto on 2 February 2024
Mozart, Don Giovanni
Canadian Opera Company
Johannes Debus, Conductor
Kasper Holten, Director
Es Devlin, Set Designer
Anja Vang Kragh, Costume Designer
Bruno Poet, Lighting Designer
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Canadian Opera Company Chorus
Amy Lane, Revival Director
Gordon Bintner, Don Giovanni
Paolo Bordogna, Leporello
Mané Galoyan, Donna Anna
Anita Hartig, Donna Elvira
Simone McIntosh, Zerlina
Ben Bliss, Don Ottavio
Joel Allison, Masetto
Signe Fabricius, Choreography
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