Don Giovanni
Giovanni is a standard opera produced by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1787 based on the story of Don Juan. In the show, Don Giovanni is the protagonist, and he retells the romantic adventures and stories of Don Juan. In the first act, Giovanni plays different roles alongside his servant Leporello. In the first act, the two are dynamic as their roles differ with Giovanni being the powerful, nobleman who is much of seducer. He is portrayed as an unprincipled seducer who doesn’t care about the people he seduces. Leporello plays the role of a servant who watches him doing wrong things. He is terrified of what he has done, and instead of biding his time, he threatens him to change his evil ways. In Act 1, their two roles intertwine in the 20-25 minute when Leporello, who acted as a troubled by his boss’s behavior, starts seducing Elvira even singing his “Madamina.”
The catalog aria sung by Leporello, Giovanni servant, is all about Don’s romantic adventures. When Giovanni slept with Elvira, she seduced her and vanished. On his return Elvira confronts her, and he flees from her demands. Leporello starts explaining Don’s life to Elvira by singing this aria. He explains to her by rolling a list containing details about the other women Don has seduced in Italy, Germany, France, Turkey, and in Spain. The music used in the opening of the aria is a bit fast before it changes to simple melodies made of short rhythms and phrases. From the lyrics of the aria, Giovanni’s words that he has come to comfort, Elvira is not the truth.
In the opera, Giovanni is having dinner served by Leporello. Elvira tries to make a last attempt to make him repent but refuses. The Commendatore also comes demanding him to repent, which he denies. He is full of pride that he cannot bow to anyone, which makes the Commendatore drag him to hell. The music used in this scene alongside the libretto used matches seamlessly. The phrases used are brief, and the words are short. With this kind of libretto, the music starts a bit too fast, and as the speed goes down, there is super melodious air created. The story ended with Giovanni submitting to his fate since no good can come from something terrible. With the way the opera has ended, I would have changed nothing since Giovanni was mostly single-minded, lacked consciousness of understanding how others feel.
In the opera, Giovanni is having dinner served by Leporello. Elvira tries to make a last attempt to make him repent but refuses. The Commendatore also comes demanding him to repent, which he denies. He is full of pride that he cannot bow to anyone, which makes the Commendatore drag him to hell. The music used in this scene alongside the libretto used matches seamlessly. The phrases used are brief, and the words are short. With this kind of libretto, the music starts a bit too fast, and as the speed goes down, there is super melodious air created. The story ended with Giovanni submitting to his fate since no good can come from something terrible. With the way the opera has ended, I would have changed nothing since Giovanni was mostly single-minded, lacked consciousness of understanding how others feel.