Ask And Ye Shall Recieve – the 2013 Paris Don Giovanni

Just yesterday I wrote that I wished we could see this whole production. Lo, and behold, here it is. The entire opera is embedded below, and if you click here, you can go right to Donna Elvira's entrance for Ah, fuggi traditore! It's Christmas in September!

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni (1787) 

Théâtre des Champs-Elysées 2013 

Markus Werba | Don Giovanni
Miah Persson | Donna Elvira
Daniel Behle | Don Ottavio
Sophie Marin-Degor | Donna Anna
Robert Gleadow | Leporello
Serena Malfi | Zerlina
Nahuel Di Pierro | Masetto
Steven Humes | Le Commandeur
Chor des Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
Le Cercle de l’Harmonie
Dirigent | Jérémie Rhorer 

And Speaking of Don Giovanni...(In Paris)

Markus Werba and Miah Persson

So I was listening to more of the Schwetzinger Festpiele Concerts. I clicked on an unknown (to me) name, and found a program of lieder sung by tenor Daniel Behle.  

As is my wont, when I find a "new" singer, I googled Herr Behle, and discovered he was in a recent production of Don Giovanni in Paris. So I googled "Don Giovanni Paris 2013" and found the Théâtre des Champs Elysées site and schedule. This is the order in which the cast is listed there:

Markus Werba Don Giovanni 

Miah Persson Donna Elvira 

Daniel Behle Don Ottavio 

Sophie Marin-Degor  Donna Anna

Robert Gleadow Leporello 

Serena Malfi Zerlina 

Nahuel Di Pierro Masetto 

Steven Humes The Commendatore

Gratuitous Friday – Markus Werba Sings Schubert

Is it time for another clip from Austrian baritone Markus Werba? Maybe not, but here it is anyway. Here he sings Schubert's Der Einsame (The Hermit) at the Verbier Festival in 2010, accompanied by Bengt Forsberg (Anne Sofie von Otter's long-time compan collaborator.) The text and translation can be found at The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive.

Markus Werba at Wigmore Hall – on BBC3 (only 5 more days)

Austrian barihunk Markus Werba (with Gary Matthewman, piano) sings Schubert, Wolf, and Schumann live from Wigmore Hall, London. 

This one-hour program will be available on BBC3 iPlayer for about five six more days. (updated 3/2/31)

• Schubert Gesänge des Harfners Op. 12, Nos. 1,2,3
• Wolf Michelangelo Lieder
• Schumann Dichterliebe