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The Marriage of Figaro had been a sensational success with Prague audiences. So, forsaking the fickle Viennese, Mozart wrote his new opera Don Giovanni especially for Prague where he anticipated - and received - another rapturous reception.

When it comes to gratifying his lust, Don Giovanni is a man who never takes no for an answer and he only gets his comeuppance when, as a consequence of his latest encounter, he has to confront the supernatural and descends, defiantly unrepentant, to hell. With its compelling drama and characterisation bound up in a succession of unforgettable musical numbers, Don Giovanni is among Mozart's greatest stage works; it sometimes feels as if the total of its recordings (by some of the finest musicians of this and the last century) adds up to the same number as Giovanni's sexual conquests.

Recommended Recording:

Ildebrando D鈥檃rcangelo (Don Giovanni)
Luca Pisaroni (Leporello)
Diana Damrau (Donna Anna)
Joyce DiDonata (Donna Elvira)
Rolando Villaz贸n (Don Ottavio)
Mojca Erdmann (Zerlina)
Konstantin Wolff (Masetto)
Vitalij Kowaljow (Commendatore)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin
DG 477 9878 (3 CDs)

Other Recommended Recordings:

Below are other recordings that Nicholas Kenyon also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee availability.

Vienna Philharmonic & Vienna State Opera Chorus
Josef Krips
Decca 4781389

Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
EMI CDC 747260-2

English baroque Soloists & Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

DG Archiv 4458702

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