The Performance of “Don Giovanni” in Old Globe Theatre, San Diego California

The Performance of “Don Giovanni” in Old Globe Theatre, San Diego California

My year was complete when I watched the Opera House performing “Don Giovanni” in Old Globe Theatre in San Diego California, a theatre that was full to capacity despite the alleged complains of expensive tickets. The stage was well lit with orchestral colors that aroused varied feelings in the actions as well as the introductions. The three-dimensional stage aroused a sharp sensation in the spine and made me wish I was one of the actors using the spectacular stage. The blue and white dressing code with the majority of the audience fairly rhymed with the stage colors that kept changing with the scenes producing a magnificent theme.

The Performance and Performers

The performers were dressed in costumes that fitted their roles, and their actions went ahead to show realism in the contemporary world. I was in a special way amused by the music used in the opera. It was perfectly chosen for the seducing, comic and sad moments, and no one could have escaped dancing the tunes with their heads as the performance continued (Traven 103). The Don Giovanni character and his seductive motives and actions were explicitly shown in the opera, making people experience what happens to women in many instances when they are unable to resist men’s ill-motivated lures. The scenes of the opera started with music that changed the emotion of the audience and prepared them to another section of the performance, thus breaking the monotony of mere watching.

The author of any piece if art engages the audience in a way that they watch the actions helplessly and cannot help change anything but with the aim of ensuring they follow to the end and get the intended thematic concerns (Campana 146). This is the case with the Mozart who takes us through weird and sad events such as the killing of Commendatore in Act I that made induced suspense in my mind, compelling me to follow to the end that helped me deduce the intended thematic concerns of the opera. Sexual Lust that leads to destruction is the central theme of the play that is only deduced by those who follow to the end of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” but again it was a success because of their involvement with music and actions by the performers (Rushton 4).

Selection of the Characters and Stage.

The stage being a three-dimensional one allowed the characters to fully execute their roles in an arena that was well lit with colors that entertained the audience. The Scenes and actions would change as the lights faded, allowing for the next scene to take place effectively with fewer delays. The costumes of the characters made it a success in establishing a realistic image to the audience that enhanced a more comprehensive understanding of the opera (Campana 146). The idea of the characters using the stairs helped saving time and making the scenes lively, thus keeping the audience attentive.

Plot Development

The Acts and scenes in “Don Giovanni” portray a thoroughly developed plot that solved issues systematically from one act to the other. The actions of the characters induced suspense to the audience and one had to follow to the end to establish the ultimate purpose of the opera (Rushton 3). The plot in this opera is tragic, and issues are solved in the subsequent Acts that ensure a proper flow of information. It as well ensured that the audience was occupied and lively for the next episode to establish the ultimate end of the protagonist Don Giovanni and his seductive vice as well as the other characters associated with him.

In conclusion, my visit to Old Globe Theatre was a great event that equipped me with theatre information that helped me establish the main and also the slightest things that a theatre should have to maintain the audience in any film. The dressing code, stage management, lighting, and sitting arrangements alongside costumes and the character selection were some of the main issues that impressed me in the theatre Visit in San Diego California.

Works Cited

Tråvén, Marianne. “Musical Rhetoric–the Translator’s Dilemma: A Case for Don Giovanni.” Song and Significance: Virtues and Vices of Vocal Translation 25 (2005): 103.

Campana, Alessandra. “To look again (at Don Giovanni).” The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Opera (2009): 140-151.

Rushton, Julian. WA Mozart: Don Giovanni. Cambridge University Press, 1981.