Opera: New Orleans Opera's Don Essay

Total Length: 367 words ( 1 double-spaced pages)

Total Sources: 0

There was an intensity in their focus, and the whole thing made more since as an exciting piece of drama than I had though it would. This production was set in the 1930s, and had a kind of gangster motif going on that really brought the music to life. I had made sure to read the story before hand so I wouldn't be distracted by the projected translation of the libretto, and I found that I didn't really need to know what the individual words meant -- the music and the acting carried the story just fine.

The conductor for the evening was Garret Keast, and the director was Matthew Lata. Both of these men did a superb job in crafting this new take on the opera.
Though all of the singers/actors did a great job, my favorites were Julianna Di Giacomo as Donna Anna and Daniel Mobbs as Leporello; the intensity of the first and something indefinably spritely about the second really captured my attention......

     Open the full completed essay and source list


OR

     Order a one-of-a-kind custom essay on this topic


sample essay writing service

Cite This Resource:

Latest APA Format (6th edition)

Copy Reference
"Opera New Orleans Opera's Don" (2008, December 09) Retrieved June 5, 2026, from
https://www.aceyourpaper.com/essays/opera-new-orleans-opera-don-25982

Latest MLA Format (8th edition)

Copy Reference
"Opera New Orleans Opera's Don" 09 December 2008. Web.5 June. 2026. <
https://www.aceyourpaper.com/essays/opera-new-orleans-opera-don-25982>

Latest Chicago Format (16th edition)

Copy Reference
"Opera New Orleans Opera's Don", 09 December 2008, Accessed.5 June. 2026,
https://www.aceyourpaper.com/essays/opera-new-orleans-opera-don-25982