Product Description

Set in Seville in the 1600s, young nobleman Don Giovanni is a well-known philanderer with a long list of amorous conquests. After he attempts to seduce the beautiful Donna Anna, her father's battle to protect her ends in tragedy. A film version of Mozart's greatest opera, directed by Joseph Losey (The Servant), with music direction by Lorin Maazel. 177 minutes. Cast:

Ruggero Raimondi: Don Giovanni
John Macurdy: The Commendatore
Edda Moser: Donna Anna
Kiri Te Kanawa: Donna Elvira
Kenneth Riegel: Don Ottavio
José van Dam: Leporello
Teresa Berganza: Zerlina
Malcolm King: Masetto
Eric Adjani: A Valet in Black

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8436 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-02-26
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: Italian
• Subtitled in: Chinese, English, French, Korean, Spanish, Thai
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 176 minutes

Customer Reviews

Tin can sound
Although the colors are a bid faded, this is a beautifully shot movie. The scenery is very pleasing, and the acting is superb. The real downfall of the film is the sound. It's as if they were singing into tin cans to burn the sound onto records. At times, it's almost acceptable, then something happens and it's horrible again. This really is a pity, because with good sound this would truly be an excellent, cinematic opera production.

Good Opera!!
Taking in consideration that it was done in the 70's it is a reasonable recording. Music is great!! Good to have one.

THE DVD SOUND IS VERY POOR QUALITY
FOR THE LATE 1970s, the audio quality is surprisingly poor.
It can barely be called hifi, the sound seems to be intended for
a tv set speaker. The costume are over the top and unmasculine for the
men. I think that overall, this is a bomb. I would recommend the following
DVD:

Mozart - Don Giovanni / Gilfry, Polgar, Bartoli, Rey, Nikiteanu, Salminen, Widmer, Harnoncourt, Zurich Opera (2001)
or
with really great singers but from 1950s (still with good sound in colour):
Mozart - Don Giovanni / Furtwangler (1954) with LISA DELLA CASA !!!