Remember how they dubbed the songs in movie musicals so the singer's face would never look awkward while vocalizing? Juliane Banse is expressive and sublimely beautiful at every moment here. I never thought I'd purchase a 'Don' for the Zerlina. I'm a fool in love. By now it should be obvious. Oh, and the opera was staged without a lot of the opera buffa clowning of the last couple of televised 'Dons' I've seen. Refreshing. But I couldn't take my eyes off Juliane Banse.
Review of Don Giovanni
