For half a century, a rare concensus of critical opinion has deemed this landmark recording of Mozart’s Don Giovanni the finest recording of a work frequently deemed greatest opera in the repertoire. The cast is a who’s who of opera legends from the early stereo era, including (a young) Joan Sutherland, Eberhard Waechter, Giuiseppe Taddei, Gottlob Frick, and Luigi Alva, all under the direction of an energized young Carlo Maria Giulini.
