Don Giovanni NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (18)
See it if you're ready for opera at its best.
Don't see it if you'll find a character study of an evil man depressing. Read more
See it if Direction from Ivo van Hove placed the Don as Psychopath in his pursuit of women. Not your grandma's Don. Beautifully sung.
Don't see it if Scenic design was rather static regarding various locals. Until the end.
See it if Contemporary version of Mozart's classic. Very entertaining beautiful score and wonderful voices and acing as well.
Don't see it if Can't think of a reason not to see this especially for first time opera attendees. This is a good way to start.
See it if you love Mozart and want to to see a satisfying modern staging . . .
Don't see it if you hate opera, and gonna sit there and fidget and ruffle the program annoying everybody, and clap mindlessly over the orchestra . . . Read more
See it if if you want to hear the Mozart score beautifully orchestrated and sung on a set that, at first, appears utilitarian, but then surprises.
Don't see it if if you want the classical setting for staging and costumes.
See it if you enjoy Met classics with a more modern face. Very intense. More dramatic than comical. And of course the singing is Met Opera quality.
Don't see it if you think classical opera should never get a face lift
See it if It’s Don Giovanni. Great cast. Strong production, although some questionable directions. Hell is intruiging.
Don't see it if Seeking perfection.
See it if into Van Hove doing Mozart in a tale of lechery and consequences. Excellent performances and the expected controversial directing choices.
Don't see it if costumes by T.J.Maxx are not your thing. (Just kidding - see below). Read more
Critic Reviews (4)
CRITIC'S PICK! "Ivo van Hove’s work is smooth, flexible and agile enough to walk the tightrope of any successful “Don Giovanni”: not stinting on the work’s darkness, depth and strangeness, on one hand — and, on the other, not snuffing out its wit, even silliness."
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"Mr. Van Hove’s detailed, intentional directing made the characters and their motivations and interactions leap to the fore. 'Don Giovanni' can feel like a string of unconnected solo turns."
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"Van Hove’s production is not only worth one experience, but multiple to continue discovering the layers and colors of this most fascinating of operas."
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"Van Hove, a marquee theater director...while his staging supported the form of Don Giovanni, it also stumbled too often in essential places, leaving the music-making alone to carry the success of this performance."
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