Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Cesare Siepi (Don Giovanni), Eleanor Steber (Donna Anna), Jan Peerce (Don Ottavio), Lisa Della Casa (Donna Elvira), Fernando Corena (Leporello), Giorgio Tozzi (Il Commendatore), Theodor Uppmann (Masetto), Roberta Peters (Zerlina)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Karl Böhm
Despite poor sound, there are attractions in the all-star cast, notably Siepi, the Don Giovanni of his day, but Böhm's Mozart style now seems outdated. —
3 CDs
$26.00Contents
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Work length2:47:09
- Jan Peerce (tenor), Eleanor Steber (soprano), Fernando Corena (baritone), Cesare Siepi (bass), Roberta Peters (soprano), Giorgio Tozzi (bass), Theodore Uppman (baritone), Lisa della Casa (soprano)
- Studio chorus, Studio orchestra
- Karl Böhm
- Recorded: 14 December 1957
- Recording Venue: Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Overture
Track length5:35
Act I Scene 1: Introduzione: Notte e giorno faticar (Donna Anna, Don Giovanni, Commendatore, Leporello)
Track length6:10
Act I: Ma qual mai s'offre, o die (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)
Track length8:06