MOZART – SALZBURGER MARIONETTENTHEATER (5DVD)

High Quality
‘Don Giovanni’ comes from the autumn of 1959. Otto Klemperer was slated to conduct this recording (and Sir Thomas Beecham had been strongly considered), but three days into the sessions, he fell ill. Producer Walter Legge lost no time in securing Carlo Maria Giulini. Giulini was an excellent choice. He was a “singer’s conductor,” and he was sensitive to both the score’s drama and its comedy. It’s a middle-of-the-road interpretation in the best way: neither excessively serious nor too frothy, and it is always stylish.