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More dramma than giocoso: Kasper Holten's Don Giovanni returns to Covent Garden

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“You couldn’t ask for a more cultured pair of voices than our master and servant pairing”
Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 5 July 2021
Mozart, Don Giovanni
The Royal Opera
Constantin Trinks, Conductor
Kasper Holten, Director
Es Devlin, Set Designer
Anja Vang Kragh, Costume Designer
Bruno Poet, Lighting Designer
Jack Furness, Revival Director
Luke Halls, Video
Erwin Schrott, Don Giovanni
Gerald Finley, Leporello
Adela Zaharia, Donna Anna
Nicole Chevalier, Donna Elvira
Zuzana Marková, Zerlina
Adam Palka, The Commendatore
Frédéric Antoun, Don Ottavio
Michael Mofidian, Masetto
Royal Opera Chorus
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