Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: DON GIOVANNI

Opera of operas. This is what experts usually call this work of Mozart's mature genius from the last years of the master's life. What makes it so special? After all, the plot itself - a relatively simple story of a fornicator who is pursued by the victims of his passion - does not create an a priori prerequisite for the creation of an opera that should be written in golden letters in the history of this type! Although Mozart does not deviate from the classicist compositional style in any way, although he does not violate the strict stylistic "rule", he nevertheless gives the work a clear hallmark of originality, using all positions of the musical language as a means of drawing characters and relationships. The author seems to consistently project the musical material onto another medium - onto the surface of the subject - and every singing ornament, every harmony of voices in ensembles, every change of tempo (and so on and so forth...) justifies, fills, and allows it to be "soaked" with dramatic meaning. And so, although we are accustomed to interpreting the history of opera in its chronological sequence, Don Giovanni (like all phenomenal works of art) seems to reach beyond time and space – and with its fascinating connection of music with extra-musical meanings, it boldly competes with the best musical dramas of all periods and provenances!

Location: National Theatre / Historic Building