Opera
On March 6th,2008 we co-produced the most famous Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni" in Arabic. The performance took place within the framework of the 8th Al-Ain Classical Music Festival in the United Arab Emirates. The libretto translated an Egyptian musicologist Dr. Aly Sadek and the performance directed a renowed Polish opera director Ryszard Peryt, the only artist in the world to have made all stage works of Mozart. The Warsaw National Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra was conducted by Zbigniew Graca. This unique co-production was joined also by the Arabic singers from different opera companies of Europe, USA and the Middle East and a mixed choir from Lebanon. "Opera in Arabic" is an international project which is going to present in future other Mozart's opera in the Arabic language like "Le Nozze di Figaro" and "The Magic Flute".Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DON GIOVANNI (KV 527)
Opera in two acts
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
Arabic libretto: Aly Sadek
Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Musical Direction -Zbigniewa Graca
Chorale de l'Universite Antonine (Baabda, Lebanon)
DON GIOVANNI (KV 527)
Opera in two acts
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
Arabic libretto: Aly Sadek
Soloists:
Toufik Maatouk - Don Giovanni
Raouf Zaidan - Leporello
Hatem El Genedy - Commendatore/Masetto
Cynthia Samaha - Donna Anna
Ziad Nehme - Don Ottavio
Caroline Solage - Donna Elvira
Nadine Nassar - Zerlina
Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Musical Direction -Zbigniewa Graca
Chorale de l'Universite Antonine (Baabda, Lebanon)
Choir master - Toufic Maatouk
Scenography and Direction: Ryszard Peryt
Costume designers: Katarzyna Stolarczyk & Teresa Mazur
Municipality Theater, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
