Kiri Te Kanawa - Don Giovanni

[@nicholasdavidson7145]

And let's applaud Colin Davis for such marvellous tempi throughout

[@byronjackson7602]

God bless my late teacher Donnie (Gordon Sandison - Masetto)!!!

[@luanllluan]

Amen

[@kennethwayne6857]

Didn't know he had passed. I'm a big fan, though I know him mostly from G&S and a few comprimario roles which I also sing, like Baron Douphol and Dancairo. I had been hoping to meet him some day. My condolences, I think you're lucky to have studied with him.

[@drtmuir]

His lovely daughter is a busy soprano!

[@annamariabakosi6482]

"Donna Anna" BRAVISSIMO!

[@annamariabakosi6482]

1:57

[@kalotwang8768]

Ten years after I watched it for the first time, this is still my favorite version of Don Giovanni.

[@mgparis]

Dame Kiri is the all-time best Donna Elvira! I fell in love with her performance in Losey's film when I was 9 years old and I am still awed by her now, many years later... Thanks for sharing this gem! :)

[@shelleyisom2639]

That movie was the best filmed opera I've ever seen and Kiri Te Kanawa was awesome. Saw her in SF Opera production of Marriage of Figaro and her voice is so POWERFUL that the rest of the cast sounded like midgets (in the '80's).

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Real shame "Ah chi mi dice mai" was cut out here. Luckily it's on KZbin as a separate video (same cast, same production).

[@ColonelFredPuntridge]

Dame Kiri is the SECOND-best Donna Elvira. The best is Gundula Janowitz. Look up the performance from Paris, 1985, conducted by Jeffrey Tate. It's on KZbin, audio only.

[@mckavitt13]

shelley isom Take a look at Ingmar Bergman’s The Magic Flute. By far the best Flute &, for many, the greatest opera film ever made.

[@mckavitt13]

XxSaruman82xX Yes, a real shame.

[@fido3449]

I remember how funny Stafford Dean was in the theatre. Still my favourite Leporello. Wonderful to be reacquainted with this.

[@selini52]

Fido really,I do not understand why and how many complain of good days gone when nowadays there are many really good Leporello,just Don Giovannis are rarissimo

[@elizavettab9741]

Tutti BRAVI!!! KASRASHVILI- PERFETTA DONNA ANNA!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@yndorian1]

My favorite version of my favorit opera ever! My favorite composer and my favorite baritone together. This is Heaven ❤❤❤

[@alexthomas1750]

Oh the good old days of television. This must have been broadcast on Channel 4, the black and white spinner in the top right hand corner before the end of the 1st act signifies an advert break. It's been a long time since Channel 4 did full length opera.

[@Marcooljerk]

HALLELUJAH!!!!! DON GIOVANNI! A CENAR TECO... THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO SOUND! Thank YOU, GWYNNE HOWELL!!!!! THOMAS ALLEN... I'm speechless! A monumental Don Giovanni! Leporello, Stafford Dean? AMAZING!

[@wildh0rse1]

Marcooljerk LOL Did you see how tired poor leporello was in the last scene? An astoundingly good performance. Again BIG kudos to Colin Davis and the Orchestra. They performed the overture just right too., perfect. Note the score where Donna Elvira runs up the steps and shrieks, that same exact motif appears early in the next scene when Lepeorello is trying to tell what happend. Just caught that today, reading the score.... all I can say is if Mozart had lived even until Beethovens age, he would have advanced opera 75 years. xD

[@dick12235]

Thanks: Wonderful Mozart and Beautiful Kiri.

[@wildh0rse1]

dick12235 Just about the most unique soprano around.

[@gianlucamattei264]

Sublime regia originale ❤❤❤❤❤perfetta❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@neilprague3005]

Thomas Allen was born for the Don and I was lucky enough to see him do it a few times. Colin Davis was the go-to Mozart conductor of the time. I have to agree with the poster who mentioned the poor sound, though. I'm not a hi-fi snob who expects audiophile sound, least of all through my laptop, but the women's voices distort so much that I have yet to get to the end of this without giving up. I don't want to appear ungrateful for the upload, so many thanks for this all the same.

[@wildh0rse1]

The music, the music, its just too much, its just unstoppable, Mozart said composing was like a little engine inside him that wouldn't stop. Holy crap, almost three hours of it, you just don't want it to stop... The "commendatore" sceme is worth sitting through all that Recetitivo (recetitivi?? LOL) but the arias are just one after the other, masterful. Written in WAM's later years, it shows a maturity of style and I'm bound to say, shades of what would become his last works, including the original sections of the requiem. I'll go further and state that had he lived, he would have been on the same tack as Beethoven took, but we'll never know, sadly. Kiri is great as are all others. And BIG hats off to the boys in the orchestra!!! WONDERFUL rendition of the score. The opening of the Commendatore scene is played with the proper "fortissimo" accents. and real punchy ones throughout the scene. Only complaint is lousy sound, overmodding Kiri's voice made my cat chew through the window screen to get out :)

[@wildh0rse1]

wildh0rse1 Follow up, I cannot find this score conducted as well anywhere else. This includes all the other 'famous' conductors', especially Furtwangler, whose rendition and overall performance isnt, well, strong. That was an older production though, and tastes change. Well he's dead ayway, dead as Mozart himself lol. A good energetic conductor always shreds Mozart, as long as too many liberties with tempo are not taken, which they almost always are.

[@mckavitt13]

wildh0rse1 Beethoven’s track? I dunno. He’d have probably taken his own revolutionary track. What’s sure is that Beethoven made his first trip to Vienna to study w Mozart, but was recalled almost immediately, before the lessons even began, due to his father’s illness. Later, when he returned to Vienna, he studied w Haydn, not at all like Mozart, tho’ he & Wolfgang shared the classical music period style. Both great, but even Haydn thought (& declared) that Mozart was the greatest composer in the world.

[@annamariabakosi6482]

Egy a baj ezzel az operával:újra és újra és még 10x meg kell hallgatni! Bravo!!!!!

[@petersaunders6571]

Bárcsak ez lenne a legnagyobb problémám.

[@bilit26]

brava kiri as usual and the ensemble was fab as well

[@harryfabian5975]

Loved the performance. I was fortunate to see a Don Giovanni in San Francisco, with Tomowa-Sintow, Winbergh, and the Leporello of Stafford Dean. In terms of his resonant baritone and comic acting, Dean is my favorite of all the fine Leporellos.

[@1donpizarro]

Agreed! But Stafford Dean is a bass, not a baritone!

[@vladimirstasov6671]

A treat to see Joan Rodgers, a wonderful Mozartean with a clear, ringing soprano and beautiful, expressive voice. She is featured on Barenboim's impressive second round of the Mozart Da Ponte operas, worth searching for, especially the Cosi and Figaro.

[@elijaguy]

great performance, pity the sound quality is not the best....

[@yndorian1]

1:31:15 Deh! vieni alla finestra... OMG A little piece of Heaven ❤

[@mckavitt13]

Charbobary Maybe that’s why, but not sure, the minute I find myself driving on the autoroute, I am humming or singing it. But only then. It comes unconsciously.

[@larsnyman2455]

That was pretty good, Tom Stewart’s got big eyebrows, super expressive throughout, and he makes a character you live to hate

[@jordancecilia5117]

this is indeed beautiful

[@PaulZink]

You can’t beat 'Don Giovanni' for a gripping show - attempted rape and then murder in the first 10 minutes!

[@mckavitt13]

Paul Zink And don’t forget the bass trio!

[@jeanghika7653]

Vous avez raison, mais il ne faut pas oublier que, chez Mozart, l'action peut être dramatique tant qu'elle veut, l'accompagnement reste du bli-bli-blah-blah de salon.

[@destravlr]

Just love them Italians!

[@selini52]

Glen Miller and the German composer!

[@dckrn]

Fabulous singing by most of the cast !

[@peace-now]

Great performance of "Mi tradi quell'alma ingrata".

[@TheGl124]

Makvala Kasrashvili is unfairly underrated soviet singer, imho

[@davidalbro2009]

I found her tone to be strident, and she is quite pitchy.

[@hessojean3950]

Légendaire !!!!!

[@Calicoguy]

A thrilling performance. Thanks Diana for setting Madana straight.

[@beatapogorzelska1241]

Great, expressive translation.

[@bunniesETA]

Opening scene from 5:54 through 11:50 “Là ci darem la mano” from 35:55-39:05

[@hessojean3950]

Sublime !!!! Sublime !!!! Sublime !!!!

[@PelayoFigaro]

Una de las mejores versiones. La vi en UK desde la TV en el verano de 1988. Conservo el video todavía en VHS y mala calidad grabado con las entrevistas en el entreacto. Bonito homenaje creo que fue a Sir. George Solti.

[@georgesbureau2]

Kia Ora Kiri for this taonga

[@MrTanguerodeley]

Nunca imaginé que antes de ser economista, Carlos Melconian interpretara a Leporello!!!

[@oscarc332]

ah padron siam tutti morte

[@nemethferenc6071]

Ich liebe sie

[@yndorian1]

Belle Damme Kiri ❤

[@oppie47]

What happened to “A chi mi dice” starting around 20:07?

[@colindowson7615]

Ah,there she is now!!

[@luciococeani1547]

Pity so much of the recitative has been cut off....Because in some case continuity is lacking...

[@annamariabakosi6482]

Stefford Dean hangjának melegsége, bársonyossága hasonlít kicsit régi kedvencem - Polgár László - hangjára, bár ércesebb.

[@williamodonnell1410]

The section circa 15:00 is missing the vocal trio "Ah, chi me dice mai." This is an important and wonderfully crafted trio. Where is it?

[@94Ryuma]

which is quite paradoxical considering that this video was uploaded by a fan of Kiri Te Kanawa

[@marcellepesek3038]

Dear Dame Te Kanawa: You are such a magnificent artist, thank you for sharing this production with us. I love you as Donna Elvira, or in any role. May I respectfully ask one favour: would you please remove the "Subscribe to our channel for more...videos." It is becoming like an epidemic and it ruins the performance for the viewer. Best wishes and many thanks again.

[@johnwright1447]

Is there anywhere one can buy, beg or borrow a high quality and undistorted copy of his production, one where Donna Elvira's introductory aria, a che me dice mai, is not inexplicably absent?

[@pauldonovan4994]

I have a high quality audio recording of this which I made myself. It is very fine. You will not, however, find the missing Donna Elvira aria as Colin Davis thought this was rubbish and scribbled note to this effect on his own copy of the score.

[@johnwright1447]

Where can one get such a high quality audio recording?

[@kadamandros]

There are some more quite brutal and baffling cuts in other parts of the opera, as well!

[@katester7]

Am I crazy or did they cut "Ah chi mi dice mai"?! Why would they do that?!

[@delflorida2480]

Another person said Colin Davis didn't care for the aria.

[@commandert5]

Interesting piece, I just wish the editor wasn't quite so heavy handed

[@opera93]

interestingly, thanks fir “ sub Titles”….!

[@rjlev]

No wonder it is called "GRAND Opera!

[@СеклитаЛимариха]

Хороши.

[@kathychenyinggao4519]

Where's the "a chi mi dice mai" aria?

[@use-c7o]

Пропустить арию Донны Эльвиры "A chi mi dice mai"- это какой-то нонсенс

[@wildh0rse1]

LOL the subtitles are all screwed up I read the libretto

[@なりひらなほ子]

Elvira♡♡

[@JCNoodlehead]

Can anyone help me? I am trying to find the name for the aria where the three about to confront Don Giovanni. It's so lovely and I have this image in my mind of a very minimalist staging when I saw the performance by the LA Opera company and I wanted to paint it. Would love to be able to listen whilst I paint! Any help would be appreciated!

[@KASH10043]

+Jacqueline Chauser - I think the name of the aria you are looking for is "Protegga il Giusto Cielo". In case you want a complete listing of every song look for the audio recording "Mozart/Don Giovanni, K.527/Harnoncourt" here on You Tube. Click "Show More" and you will see each song, who sings it and the exact time it takes place. I hope this helps. I think that if I could only have one opera to listen to, Don Giovanni would be it. But that would be a horrible fate, just having one.

[@ColonelFredPuntridge]

"Protegga il giusto ciel"

[@JWP452]

C+

[@peteradaniel]

Back when covent garden was an actual opera company, as opposed to just another bus stop on the international circuit.

[@mariamadalenavazfreire9962]

Alex Daniel 🌭

[@crimeancomposer]

2:24:36 You know what's this scene

[@cosmikdebris6055]

A brilliant production. Shame about the editing and poor sound, but I'm just being picky.

[@annamariabakosi6482]

1:30:...A szerenád

[@annamariabakosi6482]

LANTTAL

[@selinatraylorperera8687]

why is the aria, a che me dice mai, missing??

[@pauldonovan4994]

Because Colin Davis thought it was superfluous. Also it was being broadcast live and he had to fit in with BBC interval timing, Great pity R.O.H didn't itself release a recording of this this fine version with so many great performances..

Superfluous? How dare he! My favourite one :(

[@robertventura2177]

I specifically came looking for this exact same aria...shame :/

[@normanzurich2781]

@1:58:58 mi tradì quel alma ingrata

[@АннаБабаджанян-я7в]

I lost Donna Elvira"s aria "Ah chi mi dice mai"

[@delflorida2480]

Coiln Davis didn't like the piece and didn't include it.

[@植松京子]

0:01⛩️22:52🗞28:35🎎35:56🎍1:31:14🎸2:24:28🗿

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Dvd?

[@RedJoker9000]

Hello MCL390

[@annamariabakosi6482]

1:56:20!!!

[@annamariabakosi6482]

2:00:01Ária!!!!!!!

[@annamariabakosi6482]

2022.!

[@privatemcs8395]

5:54

[@mrpankau]

The first violins sound like they get paid $5 an hour in the overture. What a shame.

[@NutsackNarwhal]

1:26:07

[@LordMgls]

Except for the Donna Anna, this is an outstandingly strong cast.

[@mckavitt13]

Mgls What a shame! You need a strong Donna Anna!

[@gualtierocofresi]

Let's give her some grace. She was flown in at the last minute. The scheduled Donna Anna was Margaret Price. This was supposed to be a "Commonwealth" Giovanni (if you notice, every single artist is British either by birth of is a crown subject politically) but Dam Margaret cancelled the day of and a substitute was brought in at the last minute. She did herself proud with no rehearsal.

[@franciscohurtado2459]

Averiderci

[@privatemcs8395]

33:50

[@drtmuir]

Tom Allen's recitative is my sexual orientation.

[@dianavictoriaaljadeff8949]

Not at all Madana.Dame Kiti is the best Elvira.Dame Joan was Dona Anna and Caballé,never sang a complete Don Giovanni.

[@wallenstein72]

This is incorrect: Montserrat Caballé actually sang both "donne" in Don Giovanni, Donna Elvira many times in the beginning of her career (she made her Vienna Staatsoper debut singing Donna Elvira in 1959) in many theatres: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJWkZXtrr75qf5I, she took over Donna Anna much later, 1975 in Barcelona: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e33SXmyla79reK8 Both splendid.

[@captainnemo1080]

I guess this is a fantastic performance, but who can tell? The quality of the video is terrible.

[@bertrandcarel9511]

La fin de l'Opéra : Allen beau comme une peinture du Greco, et une musique telle qu'elle rend toute autre inutile... La civilisation est-elle jamais montée aussi haut depuis ?

[@伊木喜一]

200年以上前の｢歌芝居｣の様式を、性懲りもなく＜芸術＞の美名で墨守する博物館的思考に呆れる。モーツアルトが現代に生きていたら、絶対にこんな｢オペラ」は書かなかったことは確実だ。博物館｢歌舞伎｣と同じジャンｗｗｗｗ

[@colindowson7615]

That's not Kiri with Tom!!

[@deadwalke9588]

Kiri should've been the Anna because she's not really fit for Elvira.

[@Beadle_Bamford]

sorry, but that is total nonsense, her Elvira is stunning!

[@deadwalke9588]

@@Beadle_Bamford This elvira is vocally inefficient and does NOT meet the vocal requirements to sing the role. It's a muffled tone, bad and ugly white sounds in the middle voice, and there's no chest voice in it. Elvira is a woman of pure chaste and virtue (to a fault) and must be vocally matched with a solid and sound technique, which, Kiri doesn't/never had.

[@orion8835]

Allen is awful as Don G. Crooning mess. It’s all just looks and droopy falsetto. Burrowes past his prime yet still manages Don O to some level of his powers. Everyone else was sparkling. The Leperello was wonderful.

[@annamariabakosi6482]

Don Giovanni? Minimum 1x/day...

[@peterszigeti7476]

This recording most be a VHS one. The only adventage of this that I can see the beauty of the young Kiri Te Kanawa, but performance, including the orchestra is very poor.

[@MadanaBhatKhandige]

I'd rather have Dame Joan, or Monserrat as D. Elvira

[@MrSluggo47]

And so you can, just not here.

[@alexthomas1750]

Madana Bhat-Khandige Joan in 1988? Lol. I'd rather not. She sang some wonderful Donna Anna's in the 70's with Julia Varady as Donna Elvira. Bye 1980 the voice was very tired and by 88 she was definitely on her last legs.

[@RequiemAeternam01]

Stop complaining about this recording, and go and find another recording with Montserrat as Elvira.

[@popeclementine9429]

I can't stand Ottavio, such a weakling, in voice and character.