Don Giovanni
W.A. Mozart
Theater Dortmund
Staatstheater Braunschweg
“A highly entertaining production, full of ideas and with truly great timing (…)
A very enjoyable opera evening.”
WDR
“The eternal seducer – out of his time, no longer needed. And yet, impossible to get rid of? Ilaria Lanzino stages an intelligent and humorous Don Giovanni in Dortmund.
She cleverly explores the motivations of the characters. (…) This is highly compelling, often humorous, and still gives the singers room to delve into their arias beyond the comedic recitatives.”
Oper! Magazin
“The macho and the strong women. In Dortmund’s Don Giovanni, director Ilaria Lanzino tells gripping female stories. (…)
It is also beautifully staged how Lanzino portrays Donna Anna’s journey over an extended period, from her father’s funeral through her pregnancy to her appearance in the second act with a baby stroller and baby.”
Theater Pur
“Lanzino presents a unique interpretation of the three female roles, assigning them to three different generations. (…)
An impressive staging (…) The director’s concept largely succeeds.”
OMM
“Modern accents and timeless themes. (…) A particular highlight of the production was the ending, where the women united as Medusa (…) Don Giovanni, who remained defiant and unmoved until the very end, was ultimately cast into hell.”
Ars-Tremonia
“Don Giovanni forever: In Dortmund, Ilaria Lanzino’s Mozart production presents Don Giovanni as a visitor from another time. (…) Lanzino makes it clear that Don Giovanni and his ‘Viva la libertà’ are, in reality, both a longed-for and feared projection of a (perhaps utopian) sexual freedom beyond rigid norms of various kinds.”
NMZ
“Ambitious, feminist (…) and the audience loved it.”
Concerti
Stage direction: Ilaria Lanzino
Stage design: Frank Philipp Schlössmann
Costume design: Emine Güner
Fotos: Björn Hickmann