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Review 1 for Don Giovanni
DON GIOVANNI- GREAT FIRST TIME OPERA
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Fri, Feb 8, 2013 @
Posted 02/11/2013
by juntyrew
My significant other wanted to go to an opera, stating that they had never been. I had been to an opera years ago. We had a great time! There was a lot of humor in this opera making it a great experience for getting the idea of an Opera as well and having a good laugh. The actors did an amazing job with facial expressions and body language!! Loved it!!!
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Fri, Feb 8, 2013 @
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Review 2 for Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni had a spectacular cast.
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Sat, Feb 9, 2013 @
Favorite moment: I love the singing of the entire cast, especially Sian Davies as Donna Anna. @
Posted 02/11/2013
by SianFan
Don Giovanni was wonderfully performed. The orchestra provided a fabulous accompaniment to the beautiful voices. My only criticism would be the stark lack of scenery.
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Sat, Feb 9, 2013 @
Favorite moment: I love the singing of the entire cast, especially Sian Davies as Donna Anna. @
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Review 3 for Don Giovanni
Beautiful voices but horrible, sloppy staging
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Sat, Feb 9, 2013 @
Posted 02/11/2013
by KimiJ
Location:Michigan
I want more for $110.00 per ticket. Let me explain.
DISCLAIMER: This review is not intended to reflect on the singers or musicians. They were fine.
THE STAGE:I think the stage was shrouded in darkness not to convey the "dark humor" but to mask the unbelievably shoddy set. What there was on stage (I really can't call it a set) was a poorly assembled pile of battered and worn platforms that leaked light where it wasn't supposed to (when Don G should have gone to hell but instead just laid on the stage, but that's another complaint).
THE LIGHTS: I assume the lack of lighting was to enable the projection of images onto strips of cheap muslin that decended and rose to suggest different locations. I wasn't there to see the muslin, I wanted to see the singers. The only lighting effect that might have worked was the "Hell Scene", but the red back-lighting leaked out from between the cracks in the pile of platforms and that was distracting.
THE STAGE DIRECTION: I'm at a complete loss to explain why the stage director (not the Maestro) had the performers singing with their backs to the audience. The biggest question is why he chose to allow Don G. to remain on stage rather than desending to hell as Mozart intended. I have read about the lack of a trapdoor in the stage but the action was taking place on a pile of platforms, it seems he could have exited the pile over the back edge.
THE COSTUMES: Any good costume designer, working with a competent props-master should have been able to deliver an animated statue better than the mess we saw. The rest of the costumes appeared to have been collected from a variety of sources. They did not complement each other and appeared to have been drawn from a variety of time periods. The animated statue appeaded to me to be wearing a large inverted vinyl bucket.
MY CONSENSUS: If music is all I am getting I will buy the CD.
DISCLAIMER: This review is not intended to reflect on the singers or musicians. They were fine.
THE STAGE:I think the stage was shrouded in darkness not to convey the "dark humor" but to mask the unbelievably shoddy set. What there was on stage (I really can't call it a set) was a poorly assembled pile of battered and worn platforms that leaked light where it wasn't supposed to (when Don G should have gone to hell but instead just laid on the stage, but that's another complaint).
THE LIGHTS: I assume the lack of lighting was to enable the projection of images onto strips of cheap muslin that decended and rose to suggest different locations. I wasn't there to see the muslin, I wanted to see the singers. The only lighting effect that might have worked was the "Hell Scene", but the red back-lighting leaked out from between the cracks in the pile of platforms and that was distracting.
THE STAGE DIRECTION: I'm at a complete loss to explain why the stage director (not the Maestro) had the performers singing with their backs to the audience. The biggest question is why he chose to allow Don G. to remain on stage rather than desending to hell as Mozart intended. I have read about the lack of a trapdoor in the stage but the action was taking place on a pile of platforms, it seems he could have exited the pile over the back edge.
THE COSTUMES: Any good costume designer, working with a competent props-master should have been able to deliver an animated statue better than the mess we saw. The rest of the costumes appeared to have been collected from a variety of sources. They did not complement each other and appeared to have been drawn from a variety of time periods. The animated statue appeaded to me to be wearing a large inverted vinyl bucket.
MY CONSENSUS: If music is all I am getting I will buy the CD.
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Sat, Feb 9, 2013 @
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Review 4 for Don Giovanni
Great Show
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Sat, Feb 9, 2013 @
Favorite moment: Most of it. @
Posted 02/11/2013
by coppe
Location:Grnad Rapids
It was a great show, very god talent and the live music was also amazing. I thoroughly recommend it, the opera is nice and light, with some humor, and as I said before, decent talent.
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Sat, Feb 9, 2013 @
Favorite moment: Most of it. @
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Review 5 for Don Giovanni
Very talented entertainers!
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Fri, Feb 8, 2013 @
Posted 02/11/2013
by N8andD
Location:Grand Rapids, MI
This was a very entertaining story and the performers were amazing. The singing was great! The sets were very minimal compared to a "broadway style" show, but the voices and humor of the show made you forget about sets. The show is quite long, but overall we had a great time!
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Fri, Feb 8, 2013 @
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Review 6 for Don Giovanni
Great!
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Sat, Feb 9, 2013 @
Posted 02/11/2013
by Operanut214
The opera was wonderful. Out of the main characters I was least impressed with Don Giovanni sadly, but the talent was wonderful. The set was a bit lacking, I would have liked to see it much more elaborate. At times it was tough to tell where the characters were supposed to be as the stage never changed. Other than that, the performance and the venue are wonderful!
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Sat, Feb 9, 2013 @
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Review 7 for Don Giovanni
Rough start due to audience tardiness
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Sat, Feb 9, 2013 @
Favorite moment: The music @
Posted 02/11/2013
by Opera2013
I thought things got off to a rough start. People will still coming in after the start of the opera requiring getting up and down. It was noisy due to this. There were at least 5-6 people in our row who were late plus several in the rows in front of us. Doors were noisy. It was annoying when trying to watch and listen. The music was great! Enjoyed the text on the screen.
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Sat, Feb 9, 2013 @
Favorite moment: The music @
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Review 8 for Don Giovanni
Solid Production
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Fri, Feb 8, 2013 @
Posted 02/10/2013
by TFORBES91
The Devos place is always a good place to watch a show and Don Giovanni did not disappoint. A good performance by all the performers and just an enjoyable experience all around.
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Fri, Feb 8, 2013 @
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Review 9 for Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Fri, Feb 8, 2013 @
Posted 02/10/2013
by SHBelmont
Location:Belmont MI
Enjoyed my first Opera... The pre lecture helped to understand & timing/history of the Opera. Singing was strong.
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Fri, Feb 8, 2013 @
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Review 10 for Don Giovanni
Don Giovioni needed a bit of help.
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Fri, Feb 8, 2013 @
Posted 02/10/2013
by chooey
Location:Michigan
We enjoyed the music but felt the choreography needed some professional help. The movement on stage at times seemed almost spastic.
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Fri, Feb 8, 2013 @
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Review 11 for Don Giovanni
Don giovanni
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Fri, Feb 8, 2013 @
Posted 02/10/2013
by DrDaveD
Excellent pageantry, wonderful voices by the principals which were cast well. Chorus held up is end with good choreography and blended singing. Costumes were spot on for the time period. To stay on budget, not much spent on the stage itself as all the scenery was spartan, but adequate. The last point is the only difference I see from more elaborate productions I've seen at the Wharton Center. Orchestra performed flawlessly, although a bit muted in the pit, but not much can be done about that. The choice to use a reverberations on the commodatorre was a little disappointing, just a very strong clear baritone would have sent a better message, in my opinion.
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Fri, Feb 8, 2013 @
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Review 12 for Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni was excellent
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Fri, Feb 8, 2013 @
Posted 02/10/2013
by Landbaronus
Location:Western Michigan
Amazing singers and players, marvelous orchestra and wonderful Venue!
DeVos Performance Hall @
- Grand Rapids @
, MI @
- Fri, Feb 8, 2013 @
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Review 13 for Don Giovanni
Terrible seat at Lyric made for a bad night
Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric @
- Baltimore @
, MD @
- Sun, Nov 18, 2012 @
Favorite moment: Intermission, when we changed seats @
Posted 11/21/2012
by jan6395
Location:Baltimore
It's hard to enjoy a long opera, no matter how great it is, if you're crammed into a box seat that had more chairs than space. The box could have comfortably seated 4 people, but the Lyric had 8 seats in the box. It was impossible! I'm a small person, but had to sit sideways on the chair to find a space for my legs. Then I had to twist my body 90 degrees so I could see the superscript above the stage.
I thought the opera was well performed.
Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric @
- Baltimore @
, MD @
- Sun, Nov 18, 2012 @
Favorite moment: Intermission, when we changed seats @
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Review 14 for Don Giovanni
Detroit Opera House @
- Detroit @
, MI @
- Fri, Apr 16, 2010 @
Posted 04/17/2010
by Anonymous
Location:grosse pointe shores
fantastic performance and ambiance
superb music and singing
superb music and singing
Detroit Opera House @
- Detroit @
, MI @
- Fri, Apr 16, 2010 @
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Review 15 for Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni was superb
Detroit Opera House @
- Detroit @
, MI @
- Fri, Apr 16, 2010 @
Favorite moment: Mozart's raising the father from the dead to damn Giovanni, perhaps Mozart raising his own father from the dead to condemn his impious lifestyle @
Posted 04/17/2010
by bulldog63
Location:Michigan
Don Giovanni was even better than I had hoped. The quality of the voices, the precision of the orchestra, the elaborate set all made for a festive and unforgettable evening. I especially appreciated that this interpretation of Mozart's opera stayed true to the time period, the script, and the music.
Detroit Opera House @
- Detroit @
, MI @
- Fri, Apr 16, 2010 @
Favorite moment: Mozart's raising the father from the dead to damn Giovanni, perhaps Mozart raising his own father from the dead to condemn his impious lifestyle @
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Review 16 for Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni was very well done.
Detroit Opera House @
- Detroit @
, MI @
- Sat, Apr 10, 2010 @
Posted 04/11/2010
by slicksteve
Location:10th row
Top 500 Contributor
No expert but I thought other singer had better voice than lead and got larger applause. a little strange but play was well done and costumes and scenery was excellent. ending was slightly different than Don Giovanni I saw in Ann Arbor couple of years ago.
Detroit Opera House @
- Detroit @
, MI @
- Sat, Apr 10, 2010 @
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Review 17 for Don Giovanni
excellent concert highly recommended
Fred Kavli Theatre-Thousand Oaks Civic Arts @
- Thousand Oaks @
, CA @
- Sun, Nov 8, 2009 @
Posted 11/09/2009
by sweedy
amazing concert...........best in town........I enjoy every moment been thats show
Fred Kavli Theatre-Thousand Oaks Civic Arts @
- Thousand Oaks @
, CA @
- Sun, Nov 8, 2009 @
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Review 18 for Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni
Fred Kavli Theatre-Thousand Oaks Civic Arts @
- Thousand Oaks @
, CA @
- Sun, Nov 8, 2009 @
Posted 11/09/2009
by Anonymous
Location:woodland hills
Really enjoyed the opera. I thought the sets were a little bare. The performers deserved a full house. You should make tickets available to local schools, colleges, senior citizens, etc, and flll the auditorium. For $45 a ticket, it was the bests buy in town.
Fred Kavli Theatre-Thousand Oaks Civic Arts @
- Thousand Oaks @
, CA @
- Sun, Nov 8, 2009 @
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