 Event |
Don Giovanni
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| Venue |
CBS Canterbury Arena, Addington, Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Umbrella Event |
Christchurch Arts Festival |
| First Date |
21 August 2013 |
| Last Date |
24 August 2013 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
The production of this monumental opera is set firmly in contemporary, Mediterranean Europe, with classic stone and plaster building facades scrawled with graffiti, stylish and sexy costumes, and the strange, ambivalent world of Silvio Berlusconi's bunga bunga parties juxtaposed with the sexploits of Don Giovanni and others. |
| Primary Genre |
Music Theatre
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| Secondary Genre |
Opera
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
Austria
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| Further Information |
Accompanied by the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, and featuring the Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus. Sung in Italian with English subtitles. Billed as 'the ultimate seduction'. Mozart's work will be the first fully staged opera in Christchurch since 2009. (Listener article) Originally intended to be staged at the Isaac Theatre Royal in Christchurch, but post-earthquakes, restoration was not yet comp
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Set |
Theatre Aotearoa |
| Event Identifier |
200371 |
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