A rake's progress: Don Giovanni let loose in Aix

Eleanora Buratto (Donna Anna), Philippe Sly (Don Giovanni) and Isabel Leonard (Donna Elvira)

David Leigh (The Commendatore) and Philippe Sly (Don Giovanni)

Eleanore Buratto (Donna Anna), Pavol Breslik (Don Ottavio) and David Leigh (The Commendatore)

Isabel Leonard (Donna Elvira)

By Mark Pullinger, 07 July 2017

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“Sly's voracious performance is extraordinary, his sexual desire literally illuminating the stage”

Reviewed at Théâtre de l'Archevêché, Aix-en-Provence on 6 July 2017

Mozart, Don Giovanni

Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor

Jean-François Sivadier, Director

Alexandre de Dardel, Set Designer

Virginie Gervaise, Costume Designer

Philippe Sly, Don Giovanni

Nahuel Di Pierro, Leporello

Eleonora Buratto, Donna Anna

Isabel Leonard, Donna Elvira

Julie Fuchs, Zerlina

Pavol Breslik, Don Ottavio

Krzysztof Bączyk, Masetto

David Leigh, The Commendatore

Philippe Berthomé, Lighting Designer

Johanne Saunier, Choreography

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

A rake's progress: Mozart's Don Giovanni let loose in Aix