Here’s another complete performance of the opera, but this time in a more ‘historically accurate’ staging, conducted, at the Salzburg Festival in 1987, by that stalwart of German classics, Herbert von Karajan.
There’s a link so that you can start, if you want, at the opening of Act II. Or, if you just want to dip into the act, I’ve listed (from diverse sources) some of the more famous moments below.
- The Don’s serenade (with mandolin accompaniment): Deh, vieni alla finestra.
- Giovanni, disguised as Leporello, misdirects a lynch mob: Metà di voi qua vadano.
- Masetto, having been beaten up by the Don, is consoled by Zerlina: Vedrai carino.
- The sextet (Donna Elvira, Masetto, Donna Anna, Don Octavio, Zerlina & Masetto): Sola, sola in buio loco.
- The tenor, Don Octavio’s other aria: Il mio tesoro.
- Donna Elvira vacillates between anger and forgiveness: Mi tradì quell’alma ingrata.
- The invitation…
- Damnation!
1:38 ACT TWO – Eh! Via, buffone!
Vocal score
(with English translation)
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