Mozart/da Ponte Trilogy
Three of the greatest operas ever written were collaborations between librettist Lorenzo da Ponte and composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, and Così fan tutte. Over the next three years, the LA Phil will present the trilogy, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. Frank Gehry designed last season’s Don Giovanni, followed by other iconic architects in subsequent seasons.
Così fan tutte
May 23, 25, 29, 31, 2014
The grand finale of our Mozart/Da Ponte Trilogy, Così fan tutte, provides knowing insights into human nature and relationships through its glorious music and canny libretto, based on an age-old plot of “fiancée swapping.” With this incredible creative team, you can count an incomparable operatic experience.
- Artists:
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- Christopher Alden, director
- Zaha Hadid, architect
- Hussein Chalayan, designer
The Marriage of Figaro
May 17, 19, 23, 24, 2013
It was Mozart who brought Beaumarchais’ subversive French comedy (set in Seville!) to Lorenzo Da Ponte for their first collaboration. Da Ponte turned the play into a libretto in six weeks, rewriting it in poetic Italian and removing all of the original’s political references. It became one of Mozart’s greatest successes and endures as a model of what a comic opera can be, LOL funny and also profoundly wise and moving.
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- Jean Nouvel, installations
- Azzedine Alaïa, costume designer
- Christopher Alden, director
- Aaron Black, lighting designer
- Christopher Maltman, Count Almaviva
- Dorothea Röschmann, Countess Almaviva
- Malin Christensson, Susanna
- Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Figaro
- Rachel Frenkel, Cherubino
- Ann Murray, Marcellina
- John Del Carlo, Bartolo
- William Ferguson, Don Basilio
- John Irvin, Don Curzio
- Simone Osborne, Barbarina
- Brandon Cedel, Antonio
Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon, music director
- James Darrah, assistant director
- Rafael Payare, assistant conductor
- Barbara Donner, stage manager
- Whitney McAnally , assistant stage manager
- Michael Vitale, assistant stage manager
- Robert Morrison, rehearsal pianist and continuo
Don Giovanni
May 18, 20, 24, 26, 2012
Don Giovanni Video
"Don Giovanni" Roundtable with Deborah Borda, Rodarte and Christopher Alden
Less than 24 hours before the first performance of the LA Phil's "Don Giovanni," LA Phil President and CEO Deborah Borda leads a discussion with Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte and director Christopher Alden about the process of mounting the MAY 2012 production of Mozart's much-beloved opera with set installations by architect Frank Gehry
With all three operas conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, the epic Three-year Mozart/ Da Ponte Trilogy begins with the masterful dramedy Don Giovanni, featuring costumes by Rodarte designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy and stage design by architect Frank Gehry.
- Artists:
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- Christopher Alden, director
- Frank Gehry, installations
- Adam Silverman, lighting design
- Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte, costume design
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Mariusz Kwiecien, Don Giovanni, baritone - Kevin Burdette, Leporello, bass
- Carmela Remigio, Donna Anna, soprano
- Aga Mikolaj, Donna Elvira, soprano
- Pavol Breslik, Don Ottavio, tenor
- Anna Prohaska, Zerlina, soprano
- Ryan Kuster, Masetto, bass
- Stefan Kocan, Commendatore, bass
- Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon, music director
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James Darrah, assistant director - Odile Gilbert, hair and wig design
- Raphaël Cornillon, hair and wig assistant
- James Kaliardos for NARS Cosmetics, makeup concept
- Barbara Donner, stage manager
- Melissa Sardella, assistant stage manager
- Azra King-Abadi, assistant lighting designer
- Caren Levine, rehearsal pianist and continuo