Don giovanni herbert von karajan biography
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OPERA REVIEW : Karajan’s ‘Giovanni’ Airs on PBS
According to the extra-musical groupies, hypesters and aficionados, there are two gods in Salzburg: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Herbert von Karajan. No one is quite sure which name should come first.
The composer was merely born in the magical Austrian city. The charismatic conductor has long toiled there, cultivated a superhuman mystique and created a feverish festival cult.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Feb. 17, 1988 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Wednesday February 17, 1988 Home Edition Calendar Part 6 Page 7 Column 1 Entertainment Desk 1 inches; 18 words Type of Material: Correction
In the review of the “Don Giovanni” telecast on Saturday, the first name of the basso, Ferruccio Furlanetto, was misspelled.
All this is effectively documented in the glamorous “Don Giovanni” production filmed last summer and telecast locally by PBS this weekend as part of the “Great Performances” series. The 3 1/2-hour extravaganza can be seen on KOCE tonight at 9 and on KCET Sunday afternoon at 2.
Karajan has been conducting “Don Giovanni” for at least half a century. He is frail now, and his once-mercurial ideas about Mozart’s dramma giocoso have turned a bit stodgy with the years. His tempi often tend to lumber, and despite his f
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An press conference with Karajan at 80
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Karajan at the Salzburg Festival 1987
A film by Deborah Dickson, Susan Froemke, and Peter Gelb
Cast
Kathleen Battle — Zerlina (Don Giovanni)
Samuel Ramey — Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni)
Anna Tomowa-Sintow — Donna Anna (Don Giovanni)
Paata Burchuladze — Il Commendatore (Don Giovanni)
Gösta Winbergh — Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni)
Julia Varady — Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni)
Ferruccio Furlanetto — Leporello (Don Giovanni)
Alexander Malta — Masetto (Don Giovanni)
Program notes
Go behind the scenes of Herbert von Karajan’s legendary 1987 Salzburg Festival production of Don Giovanni! Recently remastered by the Karajan Institute, the precious collection of archival footage of this documentary offers a tantalizing glimpse into the rehearsal process for the opera, for Bach’s B Minor Mass, and for a concert of works by Wagner. Particular gems include the maestro working closely with a young Kathleen Battle, Cecilia Bartoli, Sumi Jo, and Jessye Norman and offering general advice about life and music-making. Get a better understanding of Karajan’s singular connection with his native country, the Wiener Philharmoniker, the Salzburg Festival, the musicians he challenged, and the audiences who adored him.