Mozart - Don Giovanni dramma giocoso K. 527 (Herbert von Karajan, Salzburg Festival, 1987)

„Don Giovanni“ from the Salzburg Festival in 1987. One of the last opera productions under the baton of Herbert von Karajan, directed by Michael Hampe. The entire performance in best possible quality is presented by the “Eliette und Herbert von Karajan Institut”.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) “Don Giovanni”, dramma giocoso K. 527
Don Giovanni: Samuel Ramey
Il Commendatore: Paata Burchuladze
Donna Anna: Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Donna Elvira: Júlia Várady
Don Ottavio: Gösta Winbergh
Leporello: Ferruccio Furlanetto
Masetto: Alexander Malta
Zerlina: Kathleen Battle
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Stage direction: Michael Hampe
Set: Mauro Pagano
Footage licensed from ZDF Studios. All rights reserved.
#Karajan #Mozart # DonGiovanni

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart8190]

Rest in peace Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo Da Ponte and Herbert von Karajan. Three geniuses.

[@TS-bb1pv]

＃ライブ会場映像の魅力、＃楽曲の演奏速度最高です。偉大なオペラ歌手の皆さんの仕草表現力が素晴らしく感動しました。❤️また指揮者オーケストラの皆さんの演奏速度が素晴らしいですね感動しました。尚複数のTVカメラ切り替えオペレータースイッチャーのカメラ割り映像が素晴らしいですね感動しました。❤️ありがとうございました😊

[@ENIGMAXII2112]

Their very spirit lives on. We keep it alive as we all gather hear and enjoy their great music and company.

[@federicomalipiero6002]

genio da geno (creo) .Cosa ha creato Karajan ?

[@ivanof9143]

@@federicomalipiero6002 concordo al 100%

[@ivanof9143]

First of all Karajan wasn't a noble and he add von at the family name but in the Public Register he was only Karajan. Second Karajan was perfect for Wagner but not for Mozart. When he directed Mozart I heard a military march not the genius of Mozart. His music is a joke, a light joy of life not a prussian military march

[@joepalooka2145]

Mozart---- sublime genius of the human race. Whether you believe in God or not, that little man had the divine within him since the day of his birth.

[@FlexingClassicalMusic]

Classical music never goes out of style. It's an important part of our cultural heritage, always appreciated and celebrated.

[@rosernabona9364]

Don Giovanni , Mozart , beautiful and excellent Symphony Orchestra .......al unisono , amb tots els cantants , dirijits per Conductor Karajan ❤❤

[@lindsaydenman1835]

This was the 200th anniversary of DG's premier. What a cast, conductor, orchestra, production. Perfection.

[@JoshuaWilkie]

Hi lindsaydenman1835 To whom held the role as "Cast" of that which premiered \/\/0 200 Years ago :) ( : PEACE. LOVE. RESPECT TRANQUILLITY. TASTEFULNESS ANTICIPATIVE REQUISITE. JOOSHKA __):/)D

[@ansutan1857]

Ferruccio Furlanetto (Leporello) has excellent singing skills, but also excellent acting skills. It is felt at 25:34, 28:03, 1:32:36, 2:46:05, 2:50:12, and 2:56:03.

[@meanutt]

You forgot 2:31

[@moein-lifestyle]

🔝 3:05:12 🔝

[@Fm-xu9id]

"Don Giovanni is the Opera of all the Opera's" _Richard Wagner

[@marinasvevaceritali8133]

In witch Tonalità?

[@marinasvevaceritali8133]

Unfurtanetly this story brings a malephic conclusion...a bad moral rather than a right well Song benefully seen from all...

[@nickn2794]

@@marinasvevaceritali8133 who cares...? Opera doesn't teach moral.

[@marichristian1072]

Who can doubt that Wagner was right about "Don Giovanni". What a stupendous work of art!

[@jotzu9055]

@@marinasvevaceritali8133 what do yo mean?

[@taewonsohn7818]

8:47 10:15 11:22 21:00 22:38 26:15 37:15 41:19 46:45 48:47 49:57 No.9 quartetto 54:05 1:07:15 1:08:50 Fin'chan dal vino 1:16:08 1:17:40 1:18:36 1:22:16 1:26:28 scena 20 1:27:48 1:32:20 ecco il birbo 1:33:49 allegro Atto 2 1:38:33 1:39:33 1:41:30 no.15 terzetto 1:46:12 1:48:36 deh vieni 1:50:27 1:54:34 2:24:20 reci 2:26:48 commendatore 2:42:27 Finale 2:45:10 2:45:07 2:47:29 2:50:12

[@herbertneubacher4757]

Solche grossartigen Aufführungen sind leider heute Geschichte. Grandioser Karajan und Sänger und Bühne absolutes Weltformat. Solches Niveau haben wir verloren. Leider 😢

[@TS-bb1pv]

i agree with you From Japan JST、0:46分

[@paullewis2413]

So very true. I don’t waste my money on seeing ridiculous productions that bear no relation to the composer’s intention and invariably cast with leading singers who would have made the chorus in the golden age (there are exceptions of course). Some good conductors around today but that’s not enough to save opera as a true art. Of course there were always dud performances in any age but when you heard the best it was an artistic experience unlike any other. All that is history now.

[@user-wo6jj1ps8m]

عبقرية المؤلف توافقت مع عبقرية الموصل و أدآء للأوركسترا تكاملت فيه جماليات التفاصيل الموزارتية و غناء موغل في الإتقان و الجمال و إخراج و سينوغرافيا رائعتين .. شكرا لهذه الجرعة الفنية النفيسة .

[@rosernabona9364]

Vyborne , to je prima , to je senzacni , to je fajn , vynikajici ❤❤

[@peterming]

I just hope that more treasures from the Karajan's massive archives will be uploaded for the new generations to observe and enjoy.

[@liberte5847]

I do to! Merci beaucoup! Emmanuel from Paris France.

[@deathfan2002]

He is by far the greatest conductor of all time

[@jacek2256315]

@@deathfan2002 Claudio Abbado was beter

[@davy91101]

This DVD has been available for many years. Although it is loaded with a cast of starry singers I would prefer earlier HvK but most of those performances were not filmed.

[@GeorgeBletchly]

Especially at a time when Karajan's whole approach to music is under attack.

[@Valtornenkyy]

Just Mozart...!!! Tears ... True music! Thank for aĺl who performed ...

[@rosernabona9364]

is the best , Mozart , Salzburg , Vienna ❤❤

[@rosernabona9364]

Excel.lent , tots , tots , els cantants de Don Giovanni al u nisono de la Symphony Orchestra , dirijida per the Conductor Karajan excellent ❤

[@josephtanner4923]

Don giovanni is my favourite opera, what a performance. Finding this really made my evening

[@tneprescintr]

Ferruccio Furlanetto is outstanding here. His comedic performance is so on point and his phrasing is pure theatre.

[@viktorkramberger-kaplan1465]

Pm

[@caltamino]

I agree, his acting and singing are superb. But in fact what makes this production is that all singing actors are truly excellent both as singers and actors. Samuel Ramey is also perfect for the role. Kathleen Battle exudes charm and sexiness, she just marvelous for the role. Her interactions with Masetto are superb. Masetto is also excellent, his facial expressions and both his acting and singing are superb. The whole cast without exception is fabulous. Finally, we must praise the stage directing which is spot on all through this marvelous opera. There are tricky parts in this Opera that are not easy to sell, yet here they are done perfectly. For example, in the finale of the first act when Don Giovanni is threatened, it is difficult to make it believable that he manages to escape in spite of Don Ottavio having a pistol pointed at him, and everyone closing up on Giovanni threateningly. It is done superbly here, and the scene is done convincingly. Kudos uniformly for a superb performance. I must of course mention last but not least Mozart and DaPonte who created this Masterpiece. May there genius be celebrated forever. They reached immortality. I love ❤❤❤Mozart above all others. For me, Mozart was God.

[@caltamino]

Just would like to add a few more comments. I said above that the Stage director did a fantastic job in this production, which is very true. But having said that I have a few quibbles. The most important scene in this Opera is undoubtedly the final scene in which the statue of the Commendatore drags Don Giovanni to hell. The scene is very well done here, but both Karajan and the stage director failed in small ways. In order to understand Mozart operas one needs to study Mozart's methods and musical language to express feelings and concepts in music. There was in my opinion no one else that did this as well, much less better than Mozart. Let's start with Karajan's failing. It is absolutely essential in this music that the music be terrifying as Don Giovanni is dragged into hell. Under Karajan here it is powerful but not terrifying enough. In my opinion Karl Bohm did it better in the 70's recording with Fischer Dieskau, Marty Tavela, etc...Bohm does a tremendous crescendo and ritardando to achieve the desired effect, and I think it is a wonderful way to depict this terrifying scene. Now going back to Mozart's musical language. In his operas Mozart always uses the orchestra to paint the general atmosphere for the scene. A stage director therefore must go to the music to understand how Mozart imagined what he was describing in the music. In the final scene Mozart uses a Choir for voices from Hell, he uses trombones, which he only used for supernatural events ( for example he has trombones in the Requiem), and uses the strings and violins, in particular, to describe the scene. As Giovanni comes to his final moments on Earth, Mozart describes fire in the music rushing with terrifying speed across the stage. This he does by very fast descending scales in the strings, the first and second violins and lower strings. The orchestration reinforces the effect. The stage director in this production missed this. There is no fire or smoke in the scene, and thus he missed in my opinion a major element of this scene. Fire obviously amplifies the terror felt by Don Giovanni and Leporello and the public should feel the same.

[@caltamino]

232 years without Mozart (to 2023) who attained immortality with the immense beauty of his 626 works plus many works discovered since Kochel published his catalogue which were added in the 6 revisions of the Kochel catalogue.

[@rosernabona9364]

tots els cantants , very Good , dirijits , al unisono , per el Conductor Karajan .. excellents tots ❤❤

[@MrThepresident2009]

Uno dei Don Giovanni più affascinanti e straordinari mai realizzati. Ramey e Furlanetto in forma smagliante, grandioso un giovanissimo Burchuladze come Commendatore, la Tomowa-Sintow e Julia Varady confermano la loro grande intesa con i ruoli mozartiani, Alexander Malta con qualche difetto di pronuncia, ma un ottimo Masetto, ha saputo cogliere al massimo l'ingenua bonarietà del personaggio, così come deliziosa e appropriata la Zerlina della Battle. Gosta Winbergh dona una dignità molto raramente raggiunta da altri interpreti al ruolo di Don Ottavio, personaggio debole e vera vittima dell'opera. Karajan affaticato, sofferente, ma che quando dirigeva sembrava dimenticare tutte le sue difficoltà motorie, e con i suoi tempi lunghi, la sua interpretazione assai romantica dell'opera musicale più straordinaria mai concepita dal genio umano, era capace di regalare emozioni davvero uniche. Molti giovani direttori di oggi dovrebbero prendere esempio dalla lezione di uomini come Karajan, Abbado, Muti e Bohm nel dirigere una pagina così complicata come "Don Giovanni"

[@martinklindera7077]

This Leporello Is fantastic singer and very funny actor!

[@quillerj2412]

Best production of don giovanni i’ve ever watched Just incredible Everything is perfect

[@BarlowPalminteri]

It is wonderful. Tried the old school treatment under Furtwangler with Caesare Siepi as the Don.? (Available on You Tube also). Truly lovable.

[@AliasSchmalias]

Not surprising since it's orchestrated by Karajan :)

[@elfa9191]

The greatest opera ever.

[@makyhsmakyhs6766]

No

[@makyhsmakyhs6766]

@@user-my6vr3hn2x many

[@CostasCourtComposer]

I agree!

[@lincyu8]

Technically the only operas above this is one or two of Wagner's. This piece can even arguably be considered the greatest work by Mozart.

[@makyhsmakyhs6766]

Many

[@rosernabona9364]

Don Giovanni , Mozart , excellent ❤

[@user-rj8kp9vf5e]

Karajan was and is still the best...beats me why nobody can conduct like him till this day.

[@ljiljanastanic9076]

Karajan is unprecedented!

[@sergepicard4309]

Ķarajan evite beaucoup de pîeges🤗☺😑🤨de la partition de mozart !!!

[@eddiebeato5546]

I think his success was also in the careful vetting (auditions) of superb musicians to reaching such pinnacle of perfection. I also notice that Mr. Karajan does not let the edgy fancy of wild imagination, the inevitable mark of one’s own musical indulgences, mar the tempo and spirit of the music in question.

[@lindagrootboom4332]

Maestro Karajan is a true genius of orchestration and phrasing. He simply takes you to another planet with his preciseness in terms of note values, dynamics and absolute loyalty to the score. RIP maestro.

[@henriquemarioamorim5811]

Perfeito !

[@pawelpap9]

I think orchestration was done by Mozart himself.

[@NecronomThe4th]

Lmao

[@Mozart1791]

35 años sin Karajan. Aún se le extraña.

[@caltamino]

Mozart’s music is of course comes first. Don Giovanni is often considered to be the best Opera ever written. The music often has a virtuosity that only Mozart was able to write ever before or after. An example of this is at the finale of the first act, when three orchestras play different tunes, and yet it sounds so marvelous together. Then comes Lorenzo da Ponte’s wonderful libretto. For an example of this we have when Masetto is beaten up by D. Giovanni and Zerlina consoles him offering him “medicine” that is natural, has no side effects, and which the pharmacist does not know how to prepare. The charm of her words is simply enchanting. Finally I want to emphasize the excellence of this wonderful set of singer actors. Though all are excellent in this cast Ferruccio Furlanetto ‘s singing and acting is perfect. Masetto’s acting is also extraordinarily good. Altogether this is a great performance.

[@user-su5rs9yt9j]

Herbert von Karajan a eu un seul vrai amour LA MUSIQUE!Par elle il vibrait, par elle il vivait,l'étreignait ,on sentait le fluide qui passait entre elle et lui!

[@musettina6adina224]

Brings back another treasured memory of the Maestro I was lucky to work with the last 2 years of his life. Saw this Don Giovanni’ s last performance.Everyone in the cast was so emotional at the end. It was the curtain call of an era.

[@ironcladstudios971]

Ah yes, Karajan's final Magnum Opus before dying 2 years later. It is a shame he isn't around today, but we shall never forget the memorable works of art he has led the orchestra for throughout his tenure as one of the greatest conductors in human history.

[@matthewweflen]

What a gift to post a complete performance like this. Bravo!

[@antoniocalderara3955]

❤️

[@AlbertAlbertB.]

Bravo bravo!

[@gunhtermenold9253]

@@AlbertAlbertB. Üü

[@ruiloba29]

Peidorreiro!!!!!!😊😮🎉

[@ruiloba29]

Caguei no mato 💩 💩 💩

[@stephanejavier5495]

Un duo leporello don Giovanni absolument extraordinaire !!!!! La voix est musique et la musique la voix... Du grand Mozart

[@Vanchy58]

Samuel Ramey is superb in this Mozart role ! Bravo maestro!!

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Karajan holds an unchallenged position as an interpreter of Mozart This performance is unrivaled by any other performances

[@harrynking777]

Although the cast is top notch, it is not stylistically Mozart. Not enough finesse. Ending too fast, Plenty of current day performances are better in my opinion.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

@@harrynking777 Thankyou I hope You are well

[@bawkeys]

That masks's trio... Gets me every time, what a masterpiece...

[@rosernabona9364]

Excel.lent , tots els cantants de Don Giovanni , Mozart , al unisono. Symphony Orchestra , amb the Conductor Karajan excellent ❤❤

[@koosloop]

Was ich so sehr liebe, ist Karajans Casting. Er war wirklich ein Meister darin die Gruppe zusammenzustellen. Kathleen Battle war nie besser als in dieser Zerlina. Gösta Winbergh ist der perfekte Don Ottavio. Und dann Samuel Ramey: das richtige Alter, der richtige Look, die perfekte Begeisterung. Diese Produktion ist wirklich unübertroffen. --------------------------------------- Quello che amo così tanto è il casting di Karajan. Era davvero un maestro nel mettere insieme il gruppo. Kathleen Battle non è mai stata migliore di questa Zerlina. Gösta Winbergh è il perfetto Don Ottavio. E poi Samuel Ramey: l'età giusta, il look giusto, l'entusiasmo perfetto. Questa produzione non è davvero seconda a nessuno.

[@rosernabona9364]

Don Giovanni , Mozart , the Conductor Karajan ❤

[@georgeionita7307]

What can I Say ? Divine music divine director extraordinary singers and Zerlina îs small jewel . A fantastic performance !

[@msebulke]

The ouverture is soo great!

[@ericastier1646]

What a beautiful production. I loved the decor and the authentic period sumber costumes. Very intriguing and this feels more historical than any documentary i have seen on the 18th century. This is a Don Giovanni that Mozart himself would have cried to see .

[@newyork1951]

the best interpretation ever, at least that I've ever heard, let's leave Mozart out of it

[@416614416]

Version extraordinaire, magnifique, merci karajan.

[@felixfourcolor]

the best Leporello

[@canman5060]

Best of the best !

[@rosernabona9364]

Don Giovanni , Mozart , i , totes les operes de Mozart , son excellent ❤

[@lilliedoubleyou3865]

I'm old enough to remember when this was the look and feel of most operas: sumptuously traditional and seeming to carry on a great tradition of music storytelling for younger generations. With so many trashy and peurile modern stagings by "visionaries" and academics - who nevertheless lack moral depth and are devoid of logic - I'm very grateful to have clips like this, to be reminded of what DG looked like when I was growing up (1999/2000 ROH)

[@alvaromorenosanles4153]

2:46:15 I love how Mozart uses the music from "Non più andrai" from the opera "Le Nozze di Figaro"

[@harrynking777]

That is one thing I don't like. At the time it confused me.

[@MsWinterlife]

Given that Mozart composed both, maybe he was just doing a little cover for fun? After all, he only released that opera a few years earlier, so the tune was actually quite recognisable to the audience of his time.

[@perpieta]

A wink to the opera-going audiences in 1787: the other two musical excerpts played in that dinner scene are from other operas that were popular back then (by other composers, contemporaries of Mozart). Unlike Mozart, those operas & composers did not withstand the test of time; and the only excerpt that remains familiar to audiences to this day is the excerpt from Mozart's eternal masterpiece Figaro!

[@perpieta]

To expand on my previous comment: Leporello names the two operas the (non-Mozart) excerpts are from. The first musical excerpt is from the opera "Cosa Rara" composed by Vicente Martín y Soler, a then-popular composer, with a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Among other endeavors, Da Ponte was a prolific librettist, but undoubtedly his most famous collaborations were with Mozart, as the librettist for Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; and Cosi Fan Tutte. The second opera excerpt heard is from "Fra i Due Litiganti il Terzo Gode", composed by Giuseppe Sarti. For the third opera excerpt (Mozart's "Non piu andrai"), Leporello says "Questa poi la conosco pur troppo" or "I know this one only too well!" It's not only a nod and wink to the audience, but it's also very apt because singers playing Leporello would likely have also sung Figaro (Furlanetto is a prime example), since Mozart created those two roles for the same vocal range/voice type.

[@irinaagafonova8396]

I always thought that he had used this tune to suggest what is about to happen. If you recall the lyrics of this aria: “Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso, Notte e giorno d'intorno girando, Delle belle turbando il riposo, “ ecc. in English: “You won't go any more, amorous butterfly, Fluttering around inside night and day Disturbing the sleep of beauties,” ecc.

[@schwarzkavalier]

Vedere il Maestro Karajan dirigere in precarie condizioni di salute mi ha veramente commosso!! Grande temperamento, grande forza di volontà lo hanno sempre contraddistinto! Sarebbe morto due anni dopo: 1989

[@philippemelchior9383]

Костюмы семнадцатого века, музыка Моцарта, какая красота

[@giulianataramella1192]

Ramey-Furlanetto insuperati e insuperabili!

[@temmanutesfau435]

Ferruccio é immenso e cosa dire della sua mimica che accompagna le sue arie nonché i recitativi. Per quanto riguarda Ramey la baldanza tipica degli americani si sposa bene con il personaggio di Don Giovanni.

[@giulianataramella1192]

@@temmanutesfau435 E che mi dici della sua voce? io la trovo magnifica!

[@barney6888]

Oh, how I adore Kathleen Battle.

[@Fm-xu9id]

11:24 moonligth sonata by Beethoven

[@Fm-xu9id]

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[@PensadorProfundo42]

Well noted!!!

[@AznAfroMan513]

Sam Ramey and Ferruccio Furlanetto had such great chemistry here the Met had to get them together again for their 1990 version, another legendary production

[@peachesdrummond5416]

The incomparable Herbert Von Karajan and what a cast of characters! Don Giovanni is my favorite opera!

[@rosernabona9364]

don Giovanni , Mozart , is beautiful , is wonderful and Marvellous ❤❤

[@donnacatliota467]

Am utterly spoiled by this magnificent version. Will never want to watch another again.

[@Katharsis44-091]

Alle sind fantastisch ! Ramey, Furlanetto, die wunderbare Tomowa-Sintow, Julia Varady, Kathleen Battle und natürlich Karajan ! Eine Produktion der Superlativen ! Thank you for this gem !!!

[@k.b7905]

100 % Zustimmung

[@tamaradovgan5318]

Don Ottavio is wonderful

[@yvesmengome2078]

"Madamina..." "lacidarem la mano..." Best arias ever

[@use-c7o]

Самая красивая опера Моцарта, грандиозная во всех отношениях, лучшая из лучших!

[@mdrakic]

I have almost 20 recordings of The Don, and this is my favourite performance and musical piece, perhaps even the best ever composed (Eroica, I'm sorry). I still remember, to this very day, where and when I bought my first ever recording, being this very one, on a 3 set DG CD, albeit studio recording (if memory recalls me, 1987). Being a student, from Serbia, in Thessaloniki, Greece, I always used to spend hours upon hours in Patsis (next to Plateia Aristotelou) drooling over all the Classical CD's. Carefully choosing how I'd spend my monthly pocket-money I one day asked for opera recommendations, since I wanted to explore a new field. The recommendation was: Karajan and The Don, for almost 15000 Drachmas. That was in 1999, and here I am in 2022, still enjoying The Don. Thank you Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart for your gift to this world. And now, literally, "Notte e giorno faticar..."

[@brynjarhoff-lr6hw]

I recomand you to listen to one of the latest recordings with KARAJAN. With is love for topp singers this record gives you Mozart with singers from heaven!! Thank You Maestro Karajan….for everything….

[@josealexandreferreiradacos193]

D. Giovanni is, by far the Operatic MASTERPIECE of Drama, Comedia, Social Criticism and of course, the Unknown Mistery of Life and the After Death. Amazing how Giovanni rejects all threats, including those of the marble specter.... Only Mozart would be able to mix all such ingredients with unique genious fingers. - Reoentiti! - No! - Repentiti scelerato! - No, vecchio enfatuato! .

[@NothingMaster]

Mozart’s overture to Don Giovanni is simply beyond compare.

[@olgakuzmina4227]

Несомненно, это великая постановка и просто великолепно, что у нас есть возможность её посмотреть и ею насладиться! Превосходный актёрский состав, замечательные костюмы и, конечно, великий маэстро фон Караян! Не могу не отметить, что дон Жуан блистателен (возможно я пристрастна, но Сэмюэля Рэми я обожаю), Церлина просто обворожительна, я покорена голосом Кэтлин Баттл! Донна Эльвира, донна Анна, дон Оттавио, Мазетто, Командор и, конечно, Лепорелло - партии исполнены безукоризненно, сыграны убедительно и живо! Моё почтение всем создателям!

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

Samuel Ramey is the best of the cast.

[@finylvinyl66]

With Furlanetto.

[@selini52]

Donna Elvira

[@koosloop]

True, but I also adored Kathleen Battle. And what about Gösta Winbergh? Divine. The three of them.

[@stonefireice6058]

All major characters/ singers are superb! The ensemble couldn’t be better, even If someone doesn’t know the libretto( are there any?) it’s easy to follow. What a joy!

[@annanucciarelli1143]

È la prima opera che ho visto, d'allora adoro Mozart ed è la cosa piu bella che esiste andare all'opera o ascoltare musica classica

[@hermesnoelthefourthway]

I recall seeing a photograph a few years ago of Karajan attempting to get out of a car. He was very ill , and could barely walk. I believe he passed away a few weeks later. Made me think just how fleeting and ephemeral we all are. How transient. However this music , and the plays of Shakespeare will still be performed in a thousand years time. Whatever a year is.

[@ericastier1646]

Mozart yes, shakespeare not really.

[@hermesnoelthefourthway]

@ericastier1646 What makes you say that ? I simply cannot see a time when Hamlet will not be performed or the sonnets read. Shakespeare precedes Mozart by almost two-hundred years and every single day , his plays are performed somewhere in the world. I cannot ever see this changing.

[@ericastier1646]

@@hermesnoelthefourthway Very easy to answer. The hyperbolic worshipping of shakespeare in Engand only and its prior colonies and land grabs are merely a reflectance of chauvinism of the english speaking people promulgated by England. Even so, you'll find much less reverence for that writer in India or even usa for that matter. The proof folllows, in Germanic or French speaking countries Shakespeare is just another writer. What doubly verifies this is that the Englanders will equally disregard illustruous playwrights from France such as Molière or the works of Rousseau confirming chauvinism is hard at work. The motivation is easy to understand as well, Shakespeare represent in his plays the cradle of english language culture and national traits. As such it is the core of english national effigy litterature and the vector of chauvinism. Other countries do the same : Russia with Alexander Pushkin, Germany with Goethe, France with Molière or Voltaire, etc.. On the other hand Music does not require a national language it is universal and functions in any country. This is why Mozart will once absorbed by all people of any country making him theirs while shakspeare remain tied to the Englanders north atlantic dreary desolate cold island.

[@donbosco9608]

What an incredible Cast - Anna Tomowa- Sintow THAT is thr way a Donna Anna should sound - it is dramatic soprano role !!!!

[@petercallahan7321]

According to who? Don't get me wrong, I like a lot of big voiced singers in the role (not sure Tomowa-Sintow would be someone I'd call a dramatic soprano) but the history of casting those type of voices in the role is very much a 20th century one. There's no evidence that that was the voice type Mozart had in mind and the lady who premiered the role based on the scant writing about her wasn't what we'd classify a dramatic soprano and was closer to high coloratura. Theaters were smaller, ditto orchestras, and of course the pitch was lower. So Anna being for a big voice is debatable and nothing in the score implicitly calls out for a dramatic soprano.

[@finylvinyl66]

@@petercallahan7321 I agree and consider her the weakest cast member although she is not that bad. Her performance is not that pleasing to the ear until she pulls off an excellent Non Mi Dir.

[@TheVaughan5]

From the very first chords you are aware of the gravitas and drama of Mozart’s masterpiece . Karajan was one of the supreme interpreters of opera from Mozart to Puccini you knew you were in for a treat.

[@karldelavigne8134]

You couldn't assemble a cast as good as this today.

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart8190]

The Commendatore's pronunciation is hilarious 😂. Very beautiful version!

[@MonastraOperaSymphonyClassical]

Caro Mozart: io sono italiano, e trovo la pronuncia quasi perfetta.

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart8190]

@@MonastraOperaSymphonyClassical Il mio commento non era volto a criticare il cantante (che è anche uno dei miei Commendatori preferiti), però mi sembra che la pronuncia fosse un po' diversa da quella degli altri Commendatori.

[@salvjocorner]

Bravissimo Ferruccio Furlanetto!

[@Silver07Hawk]

The GENIUS of Legendary Maestro Herbert von Karajan...Forever 😎🔥⚡💓..Just a Word.. Magnificent...& Thanks for this Treasure.. 🌟

[@familytreemusic]

My favorite Don Giovanni, I have the triple CD box and I am so happy to see it here now in high quality. Thanks to the estate of the Maestro for this.

[@jhegeman1]

I love this production-Samuel Ramey & Ferruccio Furnaletto make a great team as the Don & Leporello! I remember seeing this performance on PBS in the late 80s & wishing for it to be rebroadcast. Thanks for granting my wish!

[@rosernabona9364]

tots els cantants excellent , i , al unisono de la Symphony Orchestra dirijits per the Conductor Karajan , excellent ❤

[@wolterzz3267]

Paata Burchuladze absolutely nailed it as the Commendatore.

[@drpangloss6725]

Incredible!!!!! Danke!

[@giovannabronzi5520]

I agree wiht Quiller: Best production of Don Giovanni i’ve ever watch

[@mariaashot5648]

Fantastic audio! Thank you for sharing this perfect recording!

[@luistellotello8457]

Para mí gusto muy personal el mejor director del mundo.

[@srothbardt]

It strikes me how modern and realistic this opera is. Direct and dramatic.

[@guitaoist]

Thank you for the reupload,this is my fav Don Giovanni

[@liberte5847]

Incredible outstanding old Karajan working, very very rare Incredible archive ever ! Merci beaucoup from Paris France, all frames and soundtrack are really all right ! Merci beaucoup for this great classical mucic gathering, all in an outstanding historical way ! Really rare archive noway ! Merci beaucoup from Paris France ever. Emmanuel

[@rosernabona9364]

Don Giovanni , Mozart , is excellent .... a Salzburg ❤

[@yvesmengome2078]

Kathleen Battle (Zerlina) is an an Amazing Coloratura voice

[@kandutery]

The audio quality of the recording is incredible. I can hear karajan gestures conducting

[@ericastier1646]

1987 was the height of analog microphones pre-amplifiers. Digital started ruining everything mid 1990's. We're still in digital mayhem era. It even killed pop music. New technologies aren't always better but they bring new revenues to corporations so they are forced on us. Currently awful glaring and retina pain causing led technology is replacing mellow, natural and pleasant incandescent and halogen lighting. Again because of corporate profit, and governments always corrupt siding with corporations are banning incandescent light.

[@rosernabona9364]

Excellent , The Symphony Orchestra al unisono amb tots els cantants , dirijits The Conductor Karajan ❤

[@user-zn6ge6vx4s]

Сколько же раз я смотрел dvd этой великой постановки.... И все равно, как в первый раз....Гениально! Спасибо за видео!❤

[@Victoria-pl3qg]

Wow the audio/video quality is superb 😭👏👏 thank youuu

[@obbie1osias467]

Deutsche Grammaphon recording!

[@rosernabona9364]

is the best a Salzburg , Don Giovanni , Conductor Karajan ❤

[@theringedpianist]

This is extraordinary❤️

[@yanagreen2487]

I remember watching this performance endlessly on VHS. Thank you for uploading.

[@MrMielten]

Me too! Watched it nearly every day for a long time! Such beauty!

[@renato45222]

Edizione storica, di straordinario valore artistico. A mio personale parere, una delle più geniali intepretazioni del capolavoro dei capolavori lirici di tutta la storia, senza mezzi termini, anche sotto il profilo scenico. Gli originali laser disc manifestavano una scadente qualità video, nonostante il prezzo elevatissimo (anche per l'epoca), che adesso, in questo remastering, si sono notevolmente attenuati.

[@gabrielepresby9120]

I had never watched Don Giovanni before, not my favorite Mozart opera…then I stumbled across this production and thought why not? Well. Wow.

[@corradomazza6161]

Bellissimo. Come al solito karajan tende, per tempi e colori, a romanticizzare Mozart ma nulla da dire sulla qualità

[@MrThepresident2009]

Portiamo lo stesso cognome, e vedo che in merito abbiamo la stessa idea. Karajan non lo potremmo definire un puro mozartiano, anzi, diciamo, fa un Mozart beethoveniano, ma è innegabile che le sue interpretazioni delle opere del Genio Salisburghese sono di grande fascino.

[@corradomazza6161]

@@MrThepresident2009 certo. È innegabile che sia più fedele alla realtà del 700 il Mozart di Harnocourt ( per esempio). Karajan è però affascinante, anche se tende a omologare un po' tutto all'insegna della rotondità del suono: il suo Verdi, per esempio, è " wagnerizzato" attraverso un uso un po' esagerato degli ottoni a detrimento dei contrasti. Ma la grandezza di Herbert non è in discussione

[@siqiwei8105]

My favorite version!

[@rosernabona9364]

Totes , totes , les operes de W A Mozart son excel.lents , Don Giovanni , Cosi fan Tutte , La nozee di Figaro , Die Zauber Flute , ........son totes excel.lents , i , amb Symphony Orchestra de Vienna , o , Salzburg , dirijides per Conductor Karajan , o , George Solti excellent ❤❤

[@rosernabona9364]

Magistral , totes les veus , i , al unisono de la Orchestra Symphonic dirigida per el Conducor Karajan ❤