BARE OPERA: “Don Giovanni” ↬ 18-20 October 2019
Bare Opera and The Vanderbilt Republic team up once more to present W.A. Mozart’s classic Don Giovanni, starring SUCHAN KIM as Don Giovanni, LAURA LEÓN in the role of Donna Anna, LIANA GUBERMAN as Donna Elvira, BRACE NEGRON as Leporello, PAVEL SULIANDZIGA as Don Ottavio, SARAH HAYASHI as Zerlina, JESÚS MURILLO as Masetto, and PAUL AN as Il Commendatore.
As the opera world continues to reckon with rapidly accumulating allegations against its chief figures, this production — directed and produced by women — meets these current issues head on with one of opera’s most traditional works. You will experience the character of Don Giovanni (often portrayed as a playful anti-hero) as the true sadistic predator he is, and witness women coming together to process their pain and trauma through some of the most dynamic music Mozart ever wrote. Much like the Wilde novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, we will unveil a soul rotting with decay beneath the charming and handsome exterior of the man we know as Don Giovanni.
Coming from a sold out run of María de Buenos Aires, director MALENA DAYEN takes the Mozart classic to new and innovative heights: the audience will engage with the singers up-close in cinematic real-time. There won’t be a bad seat in the house, with staging design and supertitles by creative/technical director GEORGE DEL BARRIO. Award-winning video artist SANGMIN CHAE (also returning from Maria de Buenos Aires) will utilize an interactive live feed where he will be able to artistically alter performance imagery, exposing the grotesque that lies beneath Mozart’s beautiful melodies. Lighting Designer ANTHONY TORNAMBENE and conductor TEDDY POLL (The Magic Flute, 2017) also return to the creative team.
“DON GIOVANNI”
Stage Director
MALENA DAYEN
Conductor
TEDDY POLL
Musical Director
LAETITIA RUCCOLO
Lighting Designer
ANTHONY TORNAMBENE
Projection Designer
SANGMIN CHAE
Costume Designer
THERESA MILES
Creative × Technical Director
GEORGE DEL BARRIO
Executive Producer
KIRSTEN SCOTT
Project Space
THE BELLEWETHER at THE BLUE BUILDING
[ Performances daily 18-20 October 2019 at The Bellewether in the Blue Building (222 E 46 10017) — tickets ]