Opera Cheat Sheet | Houston Public Media

The Singer Francisco D'Andrade as Don Giovanni in Mozart's Opera (The Red d'Andrade) by Max Slevogt, 1912 Credit: Public domain   This week, Houston Public Media's St.John Flynn, and Eric Skelly of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra discuss Mozart’s famed Don Giovanni, the story of the downfall of the notoriously unrepentant womanizer, a work composer Charles Gounod described as “that unequalled and immortal masterpiece, that apogée of the lyrical drama.”  It’s a cautionary tale about... Read More