Staff Pick of the Week

A violinist myself, I was marked early and deeply by Mozart’s violin concertos. But that was just the first of many (re)discoveries I’ve made in Mozart’s music — and I’ve found over the years that very few musical experiences compare to the almost overwhelming impact of his operas. Join me in revisiting some of the most powerful music ever written for the stage in Don Giovanni, the fascinating tale of an imperfect man and the people upon whom his actions will have unimaginable consequences. Amid a constant flow of masterful melodies, we are treated to a multitude of unexpected plot twists — with levity in the most dramatic moments and profundity in the funniest ones, all lived by a cast of intensely human characters in whom we cannot help but see the reflections of ourselves…