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Heart of darkness: Opera Australia's gothic Don Giovanni returns

David Parkin (The Commendatore) and Andrei Kymach (Don Giovanni)
© Keith Saunders
Andrei Kymach (Don Giovanni)
© Keith Saunders
Juan De Dios Mateos (Don Ottavio), Sophie Salvesani (Donna Anna) and Bronwyn Douglass (Donna Elvira)
© Keith Saunders
Yuri Kissin (Leporello) and Andrei Kymach (Don Giovanni)
© Keith Saunders
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“Kymach has a dark, velvety voice that plays dextrously with Mozart’s music”
Reviewed at Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney on 5 January 2023
Mozart, Don Giovanni
Opera Australia
Guillaume Tourniaire, Conductor
Sir David McVicar, Director
Robert Jones, Set Designer, Costume Designer
David Finn, Lighting Designer
Opera Australia Orchestra
Opera Australia Chorus
Warwick Doddrell, Revival Director
Andrii Kymach, Don Giovanni
Yuri Kissin, Leporello
Sophie Salvesani, Donna Anna
Bronwyn Douglass, Donna Elvira
Cathy-Di Zhang, Zerlina
David Parkin, The Commendatore
Juan de Dios Mateos Segura, Don Ottavio
Andrew Williams, Masetto
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