Opera - Don Giovanni
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
(1756-1791)
Opra buffa in two acts, K. 527
Original 'Prague' version
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, English translation by Amanda Holden
Act I
Scene 1
Introduction
2.
'Night and day I slave away'
5:22
Leporello, Donna Anna, Don Giovanni, Commendatore
Scene 2
Recitative
3.
'Leporello, where are you?'
10:34
Don Giovanni, Leporello
Scene 3
4.
'Ah! My father's in danger'
0:14
Recitative and Duet
5.
'Oh my God! What is that?'
2:49
6.
'Go! You are cruel and heartless'
3:51
Donna Anna, Don Ottavio
Scene 4
Recitative
7.
'Come on, you'd better tell me'
1:50
Don Giovanni, Leporello
Scene 5
Aria
8.
'Where is that evil monster'
3:27
Recitative
Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, Leporello
Aria
10.
'Pretty lady, I have something to show you'
5:30
Leporello
Scene 6
Recitative
11.
'So that's the cruel monster who betrayed me'
0:41
Donna Elvira
Scene 7
Duet and Chorus
12.
'All you women who dream of a lover'
1:23
Zerlina, Chorus, Masetto
Scene 8
Recitative
13.
'Thank God we are rid of her'
2:20
Don Giovanni, Leporello, Zerlina, Masetto
Aria
14.
'Now I get it, now I see!'
1:36
Masetto
Scene 9
Recitative
15.
'At last we are rid of him'
2:07
Duet
16.
'There will my arms enfold you'
3:12
Don Giovanni, Zerlina
Scene 10
Recitative
17.
'Leave her alone you monster'
0:49
Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Don Giovanni
Aria
18.
'Escape the traitor's arms'
1:10
Donna Elvira
Scene 11
Recitative
19.
'It seems today the devil's making mischief'
1:10
Donna Giovanni, Don Ottavio, Donna Anna
Scene 12
Quartet
20.
'Don't ever place your trust in him'
3:54
Donna Elvira, Donna Anna, Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni
Recitative
21.
'What an unhappy woman!'
0:26
Don Giovanni
Scene 13
Recitative and Aria
22.
'Don Ottavio, I'm dying!'
3:31
Donna Anna, Don Ottavio
23.
'He threatened my honour'
2:54
Donna Anna
Scene 14
Recitative
24.
'Could I ever believe . . .'
0:33
Don Ottavio
Scene 15
Recitative
25.
'I'm at the end of my tether'
2:01
Leporello, Don Giovanni
Aria
26.
'Now that the wine . . .'
1:30
Don Giovanni
1.
'Masetto, will you listen?'
1:25
2.
'Beat me, beat me dear Masetto'
4:15
3.
'What a sweet little witch'
0:41
4.
'So it happened, she betrayed me'
0:57
5.
'Rouse yourselves, my friends, look lively!'
0:49
6.
'I shall hide among these bushes'
2:09
7.
'We need to be courageous'
4:12
8.
'Rest my beauties, let me entertain you'
1:16
9.
'Pray come this way'
7:26
1.
'Have you gone crazy'
1:04
3.
'My heart, you have no mercy!'
5:00
4.
'So what d'you think of that?'
0:31
5.
'Look, here I am'
1:39
6.
'What light from yonder window'
2:07
7.
'There's someone at the window'
1:12
8.
'Let half of you go over there'
2:54
9.
'Sssh! Let me listen . . .'
0:44
10.
'Ahi! Ahi! My head, my head!'
1:24
11.
'Listen my darling'
3:33
12.
'I can see torches'
0:38
13.
'All alone, alone in darkness'
2:45
14.
'Stop there, you villain'
4:34
16.
'Ah, be merciful to me!'
1:44
17.
'Stop him, somebody stop him'
0:44
18.
'Will you remain with my treasure'
4:15
19.
'Ah! Ah! This is perfect!'
4:31
20.
'Oh most respected monument'
2:45
21.
'Be comforted, my darling'
0:52
22.
'You are cruel!'
1:49
23.
'Never say, my own beloved'
5:04
24.
'Ah! Where she goes I shall follow'
0:23
25.
'Now the supper table's ready'
4:33
26.
'All I can offer, I lay before you'
3:28
28.
'Where is the infidel?'
5:52
Solo: Garry Magee baritone - Don Giovann
Solo: Clive Bayley bass - Commendatore
Solo: Majella Cullagh soprano - Donna Anna
Solo: Vivian Tierney soprano - Donna Elvira
Solo: Dean Robinson baritone - Masetto
Solo: Mary Plazas soprano - Zerlina
Choral: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry