Author: philippotempa

Lyric Opera’s ‘Don Giovanni’ shimmers with gorgeous music, hilarious hijinks and wronged characters hellbent on revenge ————————————————————————————————————————— By Crista Zivanovic Contributor ————————————————————————————————————————— As with its same production just five years ago, the music, sets and costumes in Lyric Opera’s “Don Giovanni” are lavish and beautiful — at times, spectacular. And though to today’s opera-goers the juxtaposition of the charming but lecherous Don’s comical hijinks, along with the revelation of his callous, even brutal, darker side, might seem confusing and even offensive, director Robert Falls, artistic director of Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, pulls it off with sympathetic clarity and wisdom. The...