Confusion clouds any central critique in Clément's Don Giovanni

Andrei Bondarenko (Don Giovanni) and Sam Carl (Leporello)

Sam Carl (Leporello), Andrei Bondarenko (Don Giovanni) and Ivo Stanchev (Commendatore)

Kseniia Proshina (Donna Anna) and Nico Darmanin (Don Ottavio)

Andrei Bondarenko (Don Giovanni), Michael Ronan (Masetto), Charlotte Bowden (Zerlina) and chorus

By Nick Boston, 13 November 2023

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“Proshina showed the full range of emotions... with impressively steely coloratura”

Reviewed at Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne on 12 November 2023

Mozart, Don Giovanni

Glyndebourne Autumn

Stephanie Childress, Conductor

Mariame Clément, Director

Julia Hansen, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Bernd Purkrabek, Lighting Designer

Glyndebourne Sinfonia

The Glyndebourne Chorus

Etienne Guiol, Video

Paul Higgins, Revival Director

Andrei Bondarenko, Don Giovanni

Sam Carl, Leporello

Kseniia Proshina, Donna Anna

Alexandra Lowe, Donna Elvira

Charlotte Bowden, Zerlina

Ivo Stanchev, The Commendatore

Nico Darmanin, Don Ottavio

Michael Ronan, Masetto

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.

Confusion clouds any central critique in Clément's Don Giovanni at Glyndebourne