- This rare production of Mozart's Don Giovanni, boasting much more than just a charismatic Don, came about in 1973 at the Munich Opera Festival. - Ruggero Raimondi conquered the Bavarian State Opera with his unmistakable, agile, irresistible bass baritone voice. - With Margaret Price, Julia Varady and Lucia Popp, he was faced with a trio of sopranos who turned the evening into a musical feast - as we can now hear in this live recording of the opening night. - Giovanni's final descent into hell was made doubly gripping by Kurt Moll's Commendatore and Wolfgang Sawallisch helming the Bavarian State Orchestra.
