Mozart’s Don Giovanni: A Gallant Rake Descends to Hell

A statement in which the ‘punished libertine’s’ image of the world and women (‘Il dissoluto punito ossia Il Don Giovanni’ is Mozart’s title in full) is succinctly summarised, Frazan Adil Kotwal gives the licentious womaniser a sufficiently credible profile with his distinctive timbre and gripping body language. The Indian baritone also serves up his champagne aria (‘Finch’han dal vino’) in a sparkling presto.