Opera Cheat Sheet: Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni (Commendatore) Greek National Opera 2004. Photo credit: Stefanos. Courtesy of the website of Vassilis Kostopoulos. In this OCS, Houston Public Media's St.John Flynn, and Eric Skelly of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra discuss Mozart’s famed Don Giovanni, the story of the downfall of the notoriously unrepentant womanizer, a work composer Charles Gounod described as “that unequalled and immortal masterpiece, that apogée of the lyrical drama.” It’s a cautionary tale about how many notches... Read More