Stargoat's Journal: Good opera

Tony Morrison as the Commendatore. This would be from Don Giovanni. The Commendatore was killed early in the opera, but has returned as a statue at the invitation of the vile Giovanni himself. Giovanni is offered several opportunities to reform, but refuses. As a result, he is dragged to hell by the Commendatore and evil spirits.

The costuming and staging are unfortunate, but Morrison's voice is not. When I saw him at Ravinia (in a rather poorly acoustically designed room) a few years ago, he was imperiling the windows with his magnificent voice. In the version I saw, Morrison (a former left guard) picked up Giovanni like a ragdoll and carried him offstage.