Listened to the first act of Mozart's Don Giovanni this morning. I'm growing in understanding of what's going on in the music in relation to the drama, but there's still a way to go. Mind you, if that implies that I'll be listening to this and the other operas for years to come then I have no objection.
The whole mythos of the good Don (or, rather, emphatically Bad Don) in both high and low culture is fascinating and disturbing. There's a weird energy about Mozart's central character that seems to break every frame he's put into. Talk about living on the edge.
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