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Scottish Opera's sinister Venetian Don Giovanni suits the dark tale perfectly

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Reviewed at Theatre Royal, Glasgow on 26 October 2013
Mozart, Don Giovanni
Scottish Opera
Sir Thomas Allen, Director
Speranza Scappucci, Conductor
Kally Lloyd-Jones, Choreography
Jacques Imbrailo, Don Giovanni
Peter Kálmán, Leporello
Ed Lyon, Don Ottavio
Lisa Milne, Donna Elvira
Ruth Jenkins-Róbertsson, Zerlina
Barnaby Rea, Masetto
The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
Jóhann Smári Sævarsson, The Commendatore
Anita Watson, Donna Anna
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