Dog Logic
Dog LogicOn Saturday October 16, 1999, the Marsee auditorium played host to the San Francisco Opera and their production of, Don Giovanni. The San Francisco Opera features the world�s major operatic talents in its annual season. The San Francisco Opera Center represents a new era in which young artists of major operatic potential can develop through intensive training and performance. Fortunately, for the people of Southern California, these professionals came to us. Don Giovanni, a classic opera created by Mozart was performed to its full potential, from beginning to end.
The play opens with the audiences favorite and most humorous character Leporello, who is Don Giovanni's servant, serving watch for his master as he tries to court Donna Anna, the daughter of the Commendatore. To understand Don Giovanni, we must understand his views on women and his views on himself. He is an arrogant man who tries to sleep with as many women as he possibly can. He sees women as majestic, charming, but will show love to them only if they fall for his intensive courting abilities. While trying to seduce Donna Anna, she summons her father, the Commendatore, who rushes to her defense. The two begin in a duel in which Don Giovanni slays the old man. Upon seeing her dead father, Donna Anna and her fiancé, Don Ottavio vows death as the only revenge. The next morning Leporello and Giovanni run into a celebration a young couple that is going to be married. The couple, Masetto and Zerlina, along with their friends are invited to Don Giovanni�s house for a celebration. However, Giovanni has the intentions of celebrating alone with Zerlina, who falls for his woes only until Elivra interrupts Giovanni�s game and denounces him taking Elvira away. After realizing that Giovanni is infact her father�s killer, Donna Anna calls for vengeance once again. Meanwhile, back at the party, while everyone is enjoying themselves, Don Giovanni again tries to seduce Zerlina, only to make her cry out and startle everyone at the party. Afraid, Giovanni tries to place blame on Leporello as the one who attempted to seduce Zerlina, but no one believes him. Surrounded and condemned, his death seems to be upon him.. This concludes act one.
Act two begins with Giovanni telling his servant of his latest plot that involves the two switching outfits so that Giovanni can have a chance to woe Donna Elvira�s maid. This was a rather funny point in the play as we see Leporello struggle to impersonate Don Giovanni with humorous cape swinging and hand gestures. Finally, tired of using his hand to keep the cape above his face, Leporello uses Giovanni�s sword to keep it up. This brought the biggest amount of laughter throughout the play. To summarize, others realize that Leporello is impersonating Giovanni and let him escape as they search for Giovanni himself....
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