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The Overture to Mozarts Don Giovanni - Desklib
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Running head: DON GIOVANI OPERADON GIOVANI OPERAName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
DON GIOVANI OPERA1Question 1The overture to Mozart’s Don Giovanni followed the typical pattern that was abidedby in the late eighteenth century. A thundering D minor cadence marks the beginning of theOverture to Don Giovanni that is generally sets the tone for the serious works. It is followedby a short sequence of misterioso. This short sequence then leads to a lighthearted allegro onthe D major. In the overture to Don Giovanni, the tone is set for the tragi-comedy thatfollows.Question 2The introductory part of the opera opens with the servant of Don Giovanni, Leporello,who is shown to be complaining about his master who is found to be very demanding of him.Leporello is found daydreaming about the conditions when he would be freed from hismaster. The slave is found to be keeping a watch while his master is away at the house of theCommendatore, where he is attempting to either seduce or rape the daughter of theCommendatore, Donna Anna. A masked Don Giovanni is seen to be entering the garden frominside the house pursued by Donna Anna, who attempts to unmask him while shouting forhelp. Don Giovanni manages to escape her hold but on his way to escape collides with theCommendatore himself. The latter challenges him to a duel. Don Giovanni accepts thechallenge, kills the Commendatore during the duel, and escapes with Leporello. The daughterreturns with her fiancé to find her father dead and makes her fiancé swear revenge against themurderer.Question 3The conversation between Don Giovanni and Leporello may be termed to follow arevealing tone. The servant advises his master that the life he is leading is not the one thatshould be led by a nobleman. This angers the master, Don Giovanni. A woman is heard to be
DON GIOVANI OPERA2singing about an unfaithful lover on whom she is seeking vengeance. Don Giovanniapproaches her with the motive of flirting and comes to know that she is seeking revenge onDon Giovanni himself. Don Giovanni escapes the area and asks Leporello to reveal the truthabout him. The servant aptly reveals the truth of the character of the master by giving her thedetails of his unfaithfulness.Question 4 “Madamina, it catalogo è questo”, commonly known as the Catalogue Aria is a basscatalogue aria from the opera named Don Giovanni by Mozart. In this aria, Leporello, theslave to Don Giovanni is seen to be singing to Donna Elvira about the numerous lovers thathis master had been close to. In the Aria, Leporello provides a detailed account of all thelovers of his master, Don Giovanni. The Aria is light-hearted in its tone. Leporello describesthe ways his master uses to gain access to the proximity towards the women whom he hadseduced in the past. This enrages Donna Elvira even more and she vows vengeance on DonGiovanni. Question 5In the duet “Là ci darem la mano”, Don Giovanni tries to seduce the beautiful Zerlinaas soon as he spots her at a marriage procession alongside her lover, Masetto.He uses the lyrics of the duet to assist him in the immoral task of seducing her. Heasks for her hand and promises to whisk her away to a place where they would spend theirlives together in a union. He also uses the music of the duet to help him in this task. Zerlina,though hesitant in the beginning, finally submits and accepts the seductive approaches of DonGiovanni.
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