In his previous Berkeley performance, revered actor John Malkovich
took to the stage as a killer; this season, he is back as a lover,
possibly the most notorious lover of all time. For The Giacomo
Variations, Malkovich portrays the 18th-century scoundrel and seducer
Giacomo Casanova, in his second project with Austrian director Michael
Sturminger, following the success of their collaboration The Infernal
Comedy. Part play, part chamber opera, the story is by turns humorous,
haunting, and erotic, as our hero reflects on his conquests and
exploits in the face of his own mortality. Music is provided by
Casanova's luminary contemporaries, including arias from the three
great operas Mozart wrote with librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte—The
Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte—and performed
by the celebrated Orchester Wiener Akademie with vocal soloists.
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