Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture K. 527 (audio, score)

Don Giovanni (Italian pronunciation: [dɔn dʒoˈvanni]; K. 527; complete title: Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, literally The Rake Punished, namely Don Giovanni or The Libertine Punished) 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. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the National Theater (of Bohemia), now called the Estates Theatre, on 29 October 1787. Da Ponte's libretto was billed as a dramma giocoso, a common designation of its time 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 for the five seasons 2011/12 through 2015/16 was ninth on the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide. It has also proved a fruitful subject for writers and philosophers.

[JohannaA.]

I really love Mozart, I swear I do.
I never heard such Darkness before. It appeared as if I was engulfed by the Shadows. But then, Bam! A sweety melody in D major appears, robbing the Darkness and deeping us into a blinding light.
But I can't blame Boy Mozart for that. He was, as everyone is, a person from his time. A time that Happiness dominated, and everything needed to hail this happiness. I'm sure that if Mozart lived enough to reach the Romantic Era, he would have taken the Darkness to a whole new level.
The recording is a precious jewel. Concise, strong, not dragging, but also not rushing. We can savour each note. Thank you for uploading.