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- 1 2 Recordings of Don Giovanni on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
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- ↑ Don Giovanni (1954) at IMDb
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- ↑ "Mozart – Don Giovanni – Blu-ray disc". UK: Opus Arte. 2009. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ↑ Lawrence, Richard (2013). "Tcherniakov's Don Giovanni at Aix with Langrée in the pit". Gramophone (Awards). pp. 106–107.
The singing is good, and the acting is so accomplished that you feel you are watching 'real life' rather than 'a performance'. The orchestra plays well. If Louis Langrée's conducting lacks tenderness, it certainly accords with this very unjocular interpretation of da Ponte's dramma giocoso.
- ↑ Ashley, Tim (28 November 2013). "Mozart: Don Giovanni – DVD review". The Guardian.
