{"id":16106,"date":"2012-11-01T12:55:59","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T19:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=16106"},"modified":"2012-11-01T12:55:59","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T19:55:59","slug":"portland-operas-don-giovanni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=16106","title":{"rendered":"Portland Opera’s “Don Giovanni”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portland Opera has a delightful habit of inviting a bunch of Portland-area cartoonists, including me, to come watch dress rehearsals and post drawings of what we see. So on Monday (which was my birthday, so that worked out nicely), I got to see their imported-from-NYC production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. This was a modernist production, which meant 1930s costumes, minimalist sets, a gray and black and white color scheme, and lots of surprisingly explicit gropes during the sexy bits.<\/p>\n

So here’s what I drew. You can click on any of these pictures to see them embiggified.<\/p>\n

First, some stuff I drew in my sketchbook while I was watching the dress rehearsal:<\/p>\n

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Second, the cast of Peanuts perform Don Giovanni:<\/p>\n

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And finally, an illustration I did. Since the costumes for this production mostly seemed to be from the 1930s, I tried to draw this in the style of a cartoonist from the 1930s.<\/p>\n

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If you want to see what other cartoonists did, the best bet is to follow the #pdxgiovanni hashtag<\/a> on Twitter. But here are some links (in no particular order):<\/p>\n

Becky Hawkins<\/a> (who drew me, by the way! Also herself and Lucy Bellwood.)
\nMike Russell<\/a>
\nLucy Bellwood<\/a>
\nAdrian Wallace<\/a>
\nMatthew Grisby<\/a>
\nJoelle Jones [1<\/a>] [2<\/a>]<\/p>\n

That’s the ones I could find as of this moment, but I’m sure there will be more at that #pdxgiovanni hashtag.<\/p>\n

Oh, I nearly forgot! If you’re in Portland and want to see the show, “Don Giovanni”<\/a> will be playing Nov. 2, 4, 8 and 10 at the Keller Auditorium. You can get half-price tickets for the Thursday, Nov. 8 performance at this link<\/a> if you use the password MOZART.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And finally, in case you want to check ’em out, links to my past Portland Opera posts: Candide <\/a>| L\u2019heure espagnole<\/em> and L\u2019enfant et les sortil\u00e8ges<\/a><\/em> | Turandot<\/a> | Hansel and Gretel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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