Don Giovanni

While I am sharing impressions of opera performances that I can't easily recall, I will deal with the October performance of Mozart's Don Giovanni. I was really excited about seeing this opera. I had seen a very modernistic version in the past and was really curious about how the staging would be done especially with regard to the talking statute on the Commendatore's grave and with Don Giovanni being consumed by flames. I recall the opera as being well staged and more traditional. However, it seemed like Don Giovanni in the end just fell through a trap door on the stage. The music in this opera has grown on me over the years. The cast included Susan Graham as Donna Elvira and Isabel Leonard as Zerlina.