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Kwiecień doesn't quite steal the show in Robert Falls' Don Giovanni

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“Kwiecień employs his ringing baritone like a whip, lashing his way around the stage”
Reviewed at Lyric Opera House, Chicago on 5 October 2014
Mozart, Don Giovanni
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
Robert Falls, Director
Walt Spangler, Set Designer
Ana Kuzmanić, Costume Designer
Mariusz Kwiecień, Don Giovanni
Marina Rebeka, Donna Anna
Ana María Martínez, Donna Elvira
Kyle Ketelsen, Leporello
Andriana Chuchman, Zerlina
Antonio Poli, Don Ottavio
Michael Sumuel, Masetto
Andrea Silvestrelli, The Commendatore
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