Mozart - Don Giovanni, Act I (with Thomas Allen & Carolyn James)

[@Pre-Sto]

Carolyn James 🥰🥰🥰🥰 eine der liebsten Kolleginnen, mit denen ich gesungen habe. diese christallklare schöne Stimme, diese Musikalität. Als sie meine Tochter Aida war, habe ich jede Vorstellung genossen.

[@divineinspiration3342]

Thomas Allen the best!😍

[@johns4571]

The quartet is just sublime

[@lostmybadger]

i cant believe i haven’t heard of carolyn james til now! she’s fantastic!

[@mjmacmtenor]

I was a fellow student of Ms. James at Arizona State University. She was Dido in Dido and Aeneas (which I conducted for my Masters in Music Theatre/Opera Conducting). When she graduated in 1987, she was offered full ride scholarships to Julliard and Manhattan School of Music (chose Manhattan). A couple years later, she was a winner of the Met auditions singing Come scoglio from Cosi fan tutte. She went on to do various "2nd casts" and covers at the Met. I seem to remember a broadcast of Peter Grimes (Ellen Orford) and even a last minute Aida (?). There is unfortunately little recorded legacy of her work available except for this DVD.

[@mjmacmtenor]

I checked the met archives. There was 1 Aida, a few Don Carlos, and several Peter Grimes. The majority was the Mozart ladies - a number of Figaros (Countess) and about a zillion Don Giovannis. Sang at the met from 1991-1998

[@mjmacmtenor]

When she was a winner of the Met auditions in 1988 some of the other winners were Ben Heppner, Susan Graham, and Renee Fleming. Wonder whatever happened to them?

[@krowapaulinka4351]

Vaness is a spectacular Elvira! Wonderful singer.

[@ellavoslinsky_flute]

The voices in this production are amazing! I strongly recommend watching the production of Rigoletto with Andrea Rost (Zerlina here) from La Scala. I first saw her there.

[@marichristian1072]

Thomas Allen is irresistible in leather!

[@xXFedericoChannel]

io amo allen

[@fabiokarkoski2111]

un gigante de los barítonos!

[@explosionshow8752]

5:58 (7:30) 19:53 26:27 36:25 39:58 1:06:29 1:11:02 1:12:04 1:12:55 1:15:30 1:26:57

[@DanieleMuratoriCaputo]

Immenso Allen

[@marcelocordeiro3167]

Outstanding!!! 👏👏👏

[@babajaga39]

egyszerűen tökéletes!

[@marcelocesar2]

Bravo

[@manoelcosta5616]

Amei.

[@SilfredoSerrano]

So the description above is incorrect. It states Carol Vaness as the Donna Anna, and fails to mention Carolyn James altogether who is actually singing Donna Anna. Carol Vaness is singing Elvira clearly listed on the cast list above the description.

[@XIIIRaphael]

Wow! Karajan production.

[@musicalme27]

Screw Karajan

[@musicalme27]

James Conlon is the conductor.

[@chatbud]

Which year was this? My god, James Conlon looks like he just got out of school

[@iordanandrei359]

1991 🙂

[@raulpardo4210]

Subtitles for the love of God... in english at least.

[@KokopelliMU]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXjSkJmXd5qVhbM Has English and Italian subtitles.

[@vivrandles5179]

@@KokopelliMU Where? I’ve looked at the settings cog, but there’s no mention of subtitles.

[@lestat_junior140]

1:22:00

[@Michael-mh4vr]

Furnalettos..voice is far...bigger than Allen's ..very apparent

[@chatbud]

Allen has the sexier voice. Looking at this and the various productions of the 80s, small wonder why he was DG in so many of those productions.

[@psalmtone2008]

Finally a Don Ottavio that's not a total tool...James Hadley not withstanding.

[@marichristian1072]

His voice seems to be pitched a little lower than a tenor. He's the best Don Ottavio I've seen. It's usually a thankless role.

[@psalmtone2008]

They actually used a non-wimpy tenor to do this right...have to say Villazon is amazing as well on Negut-Seguin's recording.

[@salimyusufji5736]

I'm rather late on the scene, but you might try the production with Leo Goeke in the role. That was Glyndebourne, 1977, uploaded to this channel last week. Goeke was a dignified and believable Ottavio.

[@musicalme27]

Jerry Hadley

[@annamariabakosi6482]

Don Giovanni parókája (wig)...nem valami hódító...No make conquer... But bravissimo!

[@iseaelizarov3154]

Sorry, -- but what do lavatory pans have to do here?

[@ansuzgardaraiwo666]

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