Mozart’s darkest operatic masterpiece with a superb cast featuring Renée Fleming and Bryn Terfel, masterfully conducted by James Levine with Franco Zeffirelli’s beautiful staging.
“A very special night at the opera . . . the kind of true theatre that opera in general … does not often approach. “ The New York Times, 2000
Bryn Terfel, giving his first Don Giovanni at the MET, received rave reviews for both his singing and his dramatic performance – as the Los Angeles Times puts it: “Terfel is exquisite as the Don, raping and pillaging his way through Europe: His voice, diction and acting are perhaps the best in the role since Cesare Siepi.”
Renée Fleming proves to be the perfect match to Terfel with her telling characterization of Donna Anna – the Boston Herald wrote: “Thank heaven for Fleming . . . she easily walks away with the evening. She looks great, sounds greater and delivers the greatest ‘Non mi dir’ . . . in memory, filling it with all the pain of unfulfilled and conflicted passion that’s just below the music’s surface.”
Zeffirelli’s production from 1990 has an unashamed theatricality, with painted skyscapes, outsize columns and a glimpse of hell at the end straight from the world of 18th-century theatre – the staging was partially renewed to open the 2000 season
Features include
• Superb picture quality
• Improved audio quality and two surround sound options
• PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 / DTS 5.1
• Additional content and bonus material: picture gallery, DVD trailer, DVD catalogue section and web link
• Subtitles in German, English, French, Spanish and Chinese

* This classic Otto Schenk production of Tannhäuser is conducted by James Levine and filmed live by Brian Large at the Metropolitan Opera in 1982.
* Celebrated heldentenor Richard Cassilly sings the title role alongside an all-star cast featuring Eva Marton, Tatiana Troyanos, and Bernd Weikl.

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“One of the most gorgeous and gloriously romantic productions in the Met´s repertory . . . the scenic designs are both breathtakingly grand and painstakingly subtle.” -- The New York Times

DVD extras include: Eugene Onegin “In Rehearsal,” and “Backstage at The Met,” a short documentary presented by Beverly Sills, who talks in person to Fleming and Hvorostovsky about the opera and their working relationship.
Introduction by the great Russian dancer Mikhail Barishnikov.