The Israeli Opera 2015
Don Giovanni
An encounter between Mediterranean culture in ancient Acre and Austrian culture in Mozart’s time. These two cultures collide in Dedi Baron's modern interpretation of the classic opera: Don Giovanni is a rockstar and his servant Leporello obsessively documents him on camera.
Much of the video footage was created using local non-actors, filmed in a studio constructed upon the stage of the Israeli Opera. Their faces are transformed into animal faces, blurring their original identity.
The video focuses on megalomaniac documentation. It creates reflexive moments that shatter traditional interpretations of this wonderful opera.
Affiliates:
Libretto: Lorenzo Da Ponte
Conductor: Daniel Cohen
Director: Dedi Baron
Costume and set designer: Dana Tzarfati
Light designer: Keren Garnek
Don Giovanni: Oded Reich
Leporello: Yair Polishuk
Don Ottavio: Ethan Drori
Il Commendatore: Yakov Strijack
Masetto: Gabriel Lubenheim
Donna Anna: Eftrat Ashkenazi
Donna Elvira: Naama Goldman
Zerlina: Ela Vasilevsky
Ensemble: Moran Singers
The Israeli Chamber Orchestra