File 41 - Don Giovanni / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Identity area

Reference code

OTUFM 05-41

Title

Don Giovanni / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Date(s)

1974 (Creation)
1970 (Creation)
1966 (Publication)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

1 vocal score (306 pages) + 24 pages of textual records

Context area

Name of creator

Geiger-Torel, Herman

(1907-1976)

Repository

University of Toronto Music Library

Archival history

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Content and structure area

Scope and content

File consists of an annotated score with Herman Geiger-Torel's lighting cue notes and stage design sketches. The score includes annotations for two productions directed by Herman Geiger-Torel.

1970 production by the Canadian Opera Company (COC) with Victor Feldbrill and Alfred Strombergs, conductors; Lawrence Schäfer, set designer; abd Suzanne Mess, constume designer;
1974 production by the University of Toronto Opera Department with James Craig, conductor; Brian H. Jackson, set designer; Suzanne Mess, costume designer; Douglas Holder, lighting designer; and Michael Evans, assistant conductor.

Performers (1970): Jan Rubes, Eileen Schauler, Justino Diaz, Don McManus, GarnetBrooks, Heather Thomson, Gwen Little, Claude Corbeil.

Performers (1974): Robert Vigod, Douglas McEachen, Deborah Jeans, James Anderson, Jonas Vaskevicius, José Hernandez, Stephen Young, Marion Harvey, Carol Ann Looman, Constance Adorno, Barbara Carter, Guillermo Silva, Robert Mang.

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Language of material

English
Italian

Script of material

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Finding aids

Uploaded finding aid

otufm05-herman-geiger-torel.pdf

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Publication note

Boosey & Hawkes, 1966. Pl.no. H.15593

Notes area

Note

Herman Geiger-Torel also directed Don Giovanni for the COC in February 1950 with Nicholas Goldschmidt, conductor; George Englesmith, set designer; and Stewart Bagnani, costume designer and in February-March 1956 with Nicholas Goldschmidt, conductor; Hans Berends, set designer; and Suzanne Mess, costume designer.