Don Giovanni Observation

On November 6th, 2015, I had the pleasure of hearing Don Giovanni presented by Venture Opera at the Angel Orensanz foundation in New York City. The gothic style building in which the show was taken place was built in 1849, made sacred in 1850 but later bought in 1986 by a Spanish sculptor and painter Angel Orensanz. He restored the building and turned it into performance space and an art gallery. It is a magnificent historic landmark and it is the Shul of New York. Inside of the Angel Orensanz center, it looked very royal and historic. As I entered the building, I observed everything that was going on around me. The show started at approximately 8 p.m., and ended at around midnight which included a 15 minute intermission. There were two acts

The show was conducted by Ryan McAdams and directed by Edwin Cahill. Don Giovanni was played by Philip Cutlip, Eric Downs took role as Leporello, Zaremba was the II Commendatore, Donna Anna was Amy Obra, Don Ottavio’s part was by Yujoong Kim, Marquita Raley portrayed Donna Elvira, Matthew Morris was Masetto and Cecelia Hall took the role as Zerlina. The whole Don Giovanni piece was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the musical form was Aria. In the piece, the melody and the texture were very distinct. The melody was dark at some parts and the pitch range was mostly male voices. The melody was very clear and the chords supported the clarity which summarizes the piece in a homophonic texture. Mozart composed some great dramatic music for a few scenes. For example, one of the greatest scenes that had really good dramatic music was when Don Giovanni and Commendatore had to fight a duel and

There were no assigned seats at the opera, so my friend and I decided to sit near the musicians on the left far side of the performance stage, where we could hear the musical instruments very clear and also the performers in the front. More importantly, what made my experience better is how I felt during the whole night. I felt interested, fascinated and concerned instead of being bored and waiting for the concert to end as quickly as possible. I have learned to not listen to what other people say, because it is the same way as judging a book by its cover. The show was lengthy, but definitely worth all of my time. Both acts in the composition expressed its true definition of what a real opera is supposed to be. Mozart’s composition is splendid and did not disappoint me or the rest of the audience around me. Throughout the whole time that the characters were performing, there was not a single moment where there was anyone disturbing the scene. Most of the audience, middle-aged men and women were very respectable and well dressed. Also, I did not see anybody on their phone the entire time which showed that Mozart’s composition was conducted very well by the Venture Opera. The music did not remind me of anything specific but it did portray a feeling of someone having a big and intense argument throughout the night. As for remembrance of something else, “The Marriage of