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Mozart’s 'Don Giovanni' is Met:Live in HD offering in Potsdam Oct. 22 and 30

Posted 10/20/16

POTSDAM -- The sixth season of "The Met: Live in HD" continues with Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” at 12:55 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22 with an encore Oct. 30 at 6:30 p.m. Don Giovanni is an opera in …

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Mozart’s 'Don Giovanni' is Met:Live in HD offering in Potsdam Oct. 22 and 30

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POTSDAM -- The sixth season of "The Met: Live in HD" continues with Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” at 12:55 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22 with an encore Oct. 30 at 6:30 p.m.

Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.

It is based on the legends of Don Juan, a fictional libertine and seducer.

Da Ponte's libretto was billed, like many of its time, as dramma giocoso, a term that denotes a mixing of serious and comic action. Mozart entered the work into his catalogue as an opera buffa. Although sometimes classified as comic, it blends comedy, melodrama and supernatural elements.

A staple of the standard operatic repertoire, Don Giovanni is currently tenth on the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide.

The cast includes Hibla Gerzmava (Donna Anna), Malin Byström (Donna Elvira), Serena Malfi (Zerlina), Rolando Villazón (Don Ottavio), Simon Keenlyside (Don Giovanni), Adam Plachetka (Leporello), Matthew Rose (Masetto), Kwangchul Youn (The Commendatore)

All operas with feature shortened intermissions and English subtitles.

Admission is $18 for adults, $15 for seniors, $12 for students, and $9 for youths 18 and under. Doors open a half hour before showtime.

Info and advanced tickets: www.jscinemas.com and www.metopera.org/Season/In-Cinemas