For a dramma giocoso, there was precious little to laugh at during a performance of Don Giovanni by De Nationale Opera on Tuesday 10 May. This production taken over from the Salzburg Festival is weighed down by a leaden seriousness, which is reinforced by the turbo-Mozart presented to us by conductor Marc Albrecht and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra.
Despite its often punishing tempi, the performance lacks any momentum, especially as singers and orchestra - and the musicians among themselves - are audi...
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