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For Mozart’s Don Giovanni

• From the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra: A Listening Guide for the Overture to Don Giovanni
• A NYTimes  article about an unusal production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, "At Salzburg, Don Giovanni Gets No Pleasure From Seducing.”
• Mary Beth Maitoza’s presentation on librettist Lorenzo DaPonte

For Donazetti’s Don Pasquale:

• Soprano Joyce DiDonato and baritone Alexander Corbelli talk about "patter, recitatives, legato, use of the breath, and all things Italian.”
• The famous trumpet solo from Don Pasqaule
• Penney Stein’s slideshow on Opera Buffa 

For Verdi’s Don Carlo:

• "Don Carlo is unique in Verdi’s output. It is not bridge leading on to the future; it is mountain peak standing on its own, complete within itself,” by James Conlon, Music Director, Los Angles Opera. 
• "Don Carlo’ Or ‘Don Carlos’ – What is the Best Version of Verdi’s Titanic Masterwork?" by David Salazar, Editor-in-Chief for OperaWire.
• An interview: Jonas Kaufmann recounts Don Carlos.
• Penney’s Slideshow: Historical and Political Background to Don Carlo.

For Cilea’s Adrianna Lecouvreur

• NYTimes Critic’s Pick: "Met Opera’s ‘Adriana Lecouvreur’ Bristles With Passion and Danger” by Anthony Tommasini.
• Penney’s slideshow 17th Century French Theater: Comedie Francaise

•  Here are four sopranos singing “Io son l’umile ancella.”  Who do you prefer and why?

Joan Sutherland

Mirella Freni

Daniella Dessi

Anna Netrebko