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Debra Lew Harder is joined by commentator Ira Siff to present a performance of Mozart's Don Giovanni from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, starring Ryan Speedo Green in the title role. Mozart's witty and profound operatic setting of the the Spanish Don Juan legend follows the high jinks, seduction and retribution of the licentious title character, performed here by bass-baritone Green in his Met debut, as he commits murder, eludes an ex-lover and comes face-to-face with the ghostly Commendatore over the course of a single day. Sopranos Federica Lombardi, Janai Brugger and Hera Hyesang Park feature as Don Giovanni's three conquests, while bass Adam Plachentka takes on the role of comic sidekick Leporello, accompanying him through a series of encounters that ends with the protagonist's descent into Hell. Mozart: Don Giovanni. Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone: Don Giovanni), Federica Lombardi (soprano: Donna Anna), Janai Brugger (soprano: Donna Elvir), Hera Hyesang Park (soprano: Zerlina), Ben Bliss (tenor: Don Ottavio), Adam Plachentka (bass: Leporello), William Guanbo Su (bass: Masetto), Adam Palka (bass: The Commendatore), New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus, New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor).