Don Giovanni opens at Garsington Opera

(L-R) Grant Doyle, Mary Bevan and Sophie Bevan

"I was so excited and priviledged to open as the title role in Mozart's masterpiece Don Giovanni at Garsington Opera last Saturday. We have had two performances now, and it so much fun to sing this opera alongside such astounding talent all round. The rehearsal process with ingenious director Daniel Slater was a joy and having fabulous conductor Douglas Boyd holding the reins in the pit always reminds us we are making music. Our cast is uniformly brilliant: all are great actors who know the story they are telling but also use their personal charisma to keep the characters alive. Natasha Jouhl is my bondage babe Donna Anna, Sophie Bevan the feisty fiancee Donna Elvira, Mary Bevan as easy Zerlina, Joshua Bloom is my endearing and long suffering Leporello, Jesus Leon my nemesis Don Ottavio, Callum Thorpe my punching bag Masetto and Christophoros Stamboglis as the imposing Commendatore. I can't wait to do it all again next Sunday 10th June. Also 15th, 19th, 25th, 30th and 2nd July." - Grant Doyle


"In the title role, Grant Doyle sounded appropriately virile and was a strong stage presence as well as a convincing lead. His serenade ‘Deh vieni alla finestra’ was a highlight..."
http://www.bachtrack.com/review-garsington-2012-don-giovanni

"Grant Doyle is a fine Don Giovanni, floppy-haired and dapper in jacket and jeans... His mellifluous, swaggering baritone (wonderfully sotto voce in his second-act serenade, ‘Deh vieni alla finestra’..."
http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=10217