Lorenzo Da Ponte
1) Don Giovanni
Author
Series
Opera guide volume 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
Perhaps the greatest opera ever written, Don Giovanni is presented here in the C. F. Peters edition, that contains everything from the original version, along with later arias, recitatives, and duets added for the Vienna performance. Text in both Italian and German.
2) Don Giovanni
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
©1964
Language
English
Description
"Complete companion to the opera containing full libretto, plot summary: background information; sources; performance; history; biography of composer and librettist; musical themes."
5) Memorie
Author
Series
Scrittori d'Italia volume 81-82
Publisher
G. Laterza & figli
Pub. Date
1918
Language
Italiano
Author
Publisher
Bel Air Classiques
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
Italiano
Description
LIve performance of the Mozart opera, taking "A neo-Classical approach. This is the only suitable adjective to define what we are looking for, with our period instruments, our fast tempos, the performance of the recitatives, the ornaments added here and there by the singers, and a few other features that may surprise the audience: an approach that is ... neo-Classical, as opposed to the post-Romantic one which began to determine our listening habits...