Review: At the Met, a New ‘Don Giovanni’ Has a Stark Vitality
An excellent cast brings heat to Ivo van Hove’s austere, agile staging of Mozart’s classic, starring Peter Mattei and conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann.
The Pains and Privileges of Staging Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’
Three artists preparing a new production of this classic at the Metropolitan Opera discuss what makes it so difficult yet satisfying.