The revival of Don Giovanni directed by Iván Fischer at Müpa Budapest was adored not only by audiences, but also by critics. We have collected our favorite quotes from recent articles for you.
“Fischer does not present costumed stand-and-sing, but living theatre, the visual power of which emerges from its musicality. That is opera!”
“Already in the overture, one hears that Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra are not about scratching, gasping, and groaning. […] The gentle shifts in dynamics tell instead of fantasies of desire that strive toward the infinite but are hindered and held back by various fears.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Jan Brachmann
“Director/conductor Iván Fischer’s Don Giovanni is the yardstick to measure all other productions of the opera”
“Fischer’s orchestra is mind-blowing in all dimensions. Their partaking in the drama as members of the stage band was as virtuoso as dramatically hilarious.”
Seen and Heard International, Ágnes Kőry
“This was a phenomenal performance with immense dramatic intensity from the first note of the overture to the finale. […] In this production, Mozart’s Don Giovanni sounded an incredibly, wildly modern piece.”
Bartók Rádió, Új Zenei Újság, Sándor Kovács and Dávid Ottmár
“The Mozart productions of Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra never count as weekdays but always as holidays.”
“We can only be awed by such a harmonious unity of classic roundedness and rich accentuation, manifested by the musicians at a sometimes virtuoso level of playing. Make no mistake: this dimension of the performance is world class.”
Jelenkor, Gábor Bóka
“We went to see the world-class singers, but were equally captivated by everything else.”
Magyar Narancs, Máté Csabai
