See Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ on a big screen

Above : Peter Mattei stars as the title character in The Met: Live in HD production of “Don Giovanni.” (Photo/Fathom Events)

Amoral behavior can lead to a bed end. That, in short, is the message of “Don Giovanni,” the opera composed by the man best known by his surname: Mozart.

That Mozart as in Wolfgang Amadeus, the Austrian-born musician and composer who died in 1791 t the tender age of 35.

“Don Giovanni,” music by Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo De Ponte, is the latest production by The Met: Live in HD series. It will screen at two area Regal Cinemas theaters, Northtown Mall and Coeur d’Alene’s Riverstone Stadium, on Saturday and the following Wednesday.

Saturday’s screenings will be at 9:55 a.m. at both theaters, while Wednesday’s will be at 1 and 6:30 p.m. at Northtown, 6:30 p.m. only at Riverstone.

The Met: Live in HD production was staged by Ivo van Hove , the orchestra conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann. Featured artists include baritone Peter Mattei as Don Giovanni, plus bass-baritone Adam Plachetka and sopranos Federica Lombardi, Ana María Martínez, and Ying Fang.

New York Times critic Zachary Woolfe in particular appreciated the production. “Having opened at the Met on Friday (May 6) after originating in 2019 at the Paris Opera,” he wrote, “van Hove’s work is smooth, flexible and agile enough to walk the tightrope of any successful ‘Don Giovanni’: not stinting on the work’s darkness, depth and strangeness, on one hand – and, on the other, not snuffing out its wit, even silliness.”

Darkness, death and a measure of wit. Sounds perfect for the opera.