Opera Australia brings Mozart's Don Giovanni to Newcastle for one night only Lake Macquarie soprano Jessica Blunt has a principal role. Newcastle Herald · Aug 15
The kindness of strangers: a concierge gave me his mother’s opera ticket I was travelling with my parents and discovered that Don Giovanni was being performed while we were there. I simply had to try to see it The Guardian - AU · Nov 30, 2025
The week in classical: Wozzeck; Don Giovanni – Christian Gerhaher and Anja Kampe thrill in five-star Berg Direction and music are as one in Deborah Warner’s gripping new Royal Opera production, while a fine young cast redeems thoughtful if low-key Mozart The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2023
Don Giovanni at Glyndebourne and Wozzeck at the Royal Opera House mark a glorious start to the season A pair of nuanced and contemporary reimaginings Evening Standard · May 22, 2023
Don Giovanni review – obsession, distress and danger in uneven new production Mariame Clément’s thoughtful staging brings depth and insights but feels, at times, at odds with the score’s sensuality and demonic fire. In the pit, conductor Evan Rogister favours speed over dramatic weight. The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2023
Appreciation: What did Peter Brook and Richard Taruskin have in common? Next to nothing and everything Director Peter Brook and musicologist Richard Taruskin were transformative figures, and fixtures, in their fields. While alive they were too unalike — separated by age, temperament and activities — to tempt us to connect them in any way. Yet their deaths a day apart at the beginning of July placed… Los Angeles Times · Jul 28, 2022
Opera grandee reviving Mozart's Don Giovanni for a Scottish audience MOZART’S ill-fated reprobate Don Giovanni is one of the great roles in the operatic canon. There are few men alive more familiar with the famous… The National (Scotland) · May 8, 2022
Don Giovanni review – strong cast ensure WNO’s revival stands the test of time Andrei Kymach as the dashing don leads an impressive cast in Welsh National Opera’s atmospheric but uneven revival of John Caird’s production The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2022