Don Giovanni’s special amalgam of dark drama and sparkling comedy is captured with startling immediacy by Carlo Maria Giulini. The Viennese baritone Eberhard Wächter faces a particularly formidable pair of noble ladies: Donna Anna in the form of Joan Sutherland (in one of her rare recordings
Don Giovanni’s special amalgam of dark drama and sparkling comedy is captured with startling immediacy by Carlo Maria Giulini. The Viennese baritone Eberhard Wächter faces a particularly formidable pair of noble ladies: Donna Anna in the form of Joan Sutherland (in one of her rare recordings for a label other than Decca) and the Donna Elvira of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
Don Giovanni - Eberhard Wächter
Donna Anna - Joan Sutherland
Leporello - Giuseppe Taddei
Commendatore - Gottlob Frick
Donna Elvira - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Don Ottavio - Luigi Alva
Masetto - Piero Cappuccilli
Zerlina - Graziella Sciutti
Heinrich Schmidt harpsichord
Philharmonia Chorus - Roberto Benaglio chorus master
Philharmonia Orchestra · Carlo Maria Giulini
Libretto Lorenzo da Ponte after Giovanni Bertati
Recorded: 7–15.X & 23–24.XI.1959, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London