Overview
Live performance from Salzburger Festspiele in 1987. Herbert von Karajan conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker and Wiener Staatsopernchor. Stage director Michael Hampe. Starring Samuel Ramey and Anna Tomowa-Sintow.
Director and cast
- Claus Viller Director
- Samuel Ramey as Don Giovanni
- Ferruccio Furlanetto as Leporello
- Anna Tomowa-Sintow as Donna Anna
- Gösta Winbergh as Don Ottavio
- Julia Varady as Donna Elvira
- Kathleen Battle as Zerlina
- Alexander Malta as Masetto
- Paata Burchuladze as Il Commendatore
- Vienna Philharmonic as Orchestra
- Herbert von Karajan as Conductor
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