Don Giovanni Captured: Performance, Media, Myth

"Don Giovanni" Captured considers the life of a single opera, engaging with the entire history of its recorded performance.

Mozart's opera Don Giovanni has long inspired myths about eros and masculinity. Over time, its performance history has revealed a growing trend toward critique-an increasing effort on the part of performers and directors to highlight the violence and predatoriness of the libertine central character, alongside the suffering and resilience of his female victims.

In "D...