A disappointing Don Giovanni in Prague

By Jonathan Sutherland, 06 September 2016

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Reviewed at Estates Theatre (Stavovské divadlo), Prague on 4 September 2016

Mozart, Don Giovanni

Prague National Theatre Opera

Jan Chalupecky, Conductor

David Švec, Conductor

SKUTR (Martin Kukučka and Lukáš Trpišovský), Director

Jakub Kopecký, Set Designer

Linda Boráros, Costume Designer

Jiří Hájek, Don Giovanni

Svatopluk Sem, Don Giovanni

Richard Sveda, Don Giovanni

Marie Fajtová, Donna Anna

Simona Šaturová, Donna Anna

Anna Princeva, Donna Anna

Jana Šrejma Kačírková, Donna Anna

Lucie Hájková, Donna Elvira

Jana Horáková Levicová, Donna Elvira

Alžběta Poláčková, Donna Elvira

Pavla Vykopalová, Donna Elvira

Kateřina Kněžíková, Zerlina

Petra Perla-Notova, Zerlina

Jana Sibera, Zerlina

Yukiko Kinjo, Zerlina

Miloš Horák, Leporello

Jan Šťáva, Leporello

František Zahradníček, Leporello

Aleš Briscein, Don Ottavio

Jaroslav Březina, Don Ottavio

Richard Samek, Don Ottavio

Martin Šrejma, Don Ottavio

David Nykl, Masetto

Lukáš Sládek, Masetto

Pavel Švingr, Masetto

Pavel Vančura, The Commendatore

Luděk Vele, The Commendatore

Roman Vocel, The Commendatore

Prague National Theatre Orchestra

Prague National Theatre Chorus

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Jonathan Sutherland

Jonathan Sutherland is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is also an internationally renowned concert pianist specializing in the music of the 1930s. Jonathan’s first operatic experience was hearing Maria Callas sing Tosca in Covent Garden and he has since heard performances in all continents of the world including over 60 different productions at the Wiener Staatsoper. He has written for The Australian, Opera Today and The Opera Critic as well as Bachtrack. Jonathan speaks English, French, German and Italian fluently and is based in the south of France near Nice.

A disappointing Don Giovanni fails to please in Prague