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| October 01, 2003 | Braun, William R. | COPYRIGHT 2003 Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Salzburg Festival 2002. The curtain has just fallen on a new production of Mozart's Don Giovanni, directed by Martin Kusej and conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. In Austria, Don Giovanni is nearly as familiar as the national anthem, and a first-time visitor to the festival is eager to see how the performers will be received. The Zerlina, Magdalena Kozena, a photogenic woman who has arrived on an enormous wave of media hype, has done a perfectly fine job and is rewarded with warm applause. Anna Netrebko, the Donna Anna, has delivered something more--a comprehensive account of a difficult role on the highest level of technical and interpretive integrity; she is greeted with ...

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