This production was originally staged for the Pepsico Summerfare Festival, The International Performing Arts Festival of the State University of New York at Purchase. Leaving the lyrics in their original Italian, acclaimed American director Peter Sellars transports Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Don Giovanni" to a modern-day metropolis, nestling the opera's beloved characters among the brownstones of New York City's Harlem. Sellars's contemporary retelling of a classic musical tale is one of three performances in a Mozart series that also includes "Le Nozze di Figaro" and "'Così Fan Tutte."
- Status
- Released
Keywords
- new york city
- opera
- mozart
- blaxploitation cinema
- don juan
- harlem, new york city
- african american
- modern retelling
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Top Cast
Herbert Perry as Leporello
Eugene Perry as Don Giovanni
Dominique Labelle as Donna Anna
Lorraine Hunt as Donna Elvira
Top Crew
Peter Sellars · Director
Gary Bradley · Editor
David Horn · Producer
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