El Don Giovanni de Mozart: una valoració estètica

Abstract

Mozart's Don Giovanni escapes from the aesthetic parameters of the dramma giocoso, in the same way that the composer goes beyond the rigid schema of 18th century opera. Overcoming the obstacles which romanticism imposed on Don Giovanni, reducing its essence to the anecdotal demonic manifestations in some of its scenes, critics at the end of the 20th century can read this work in the light of the tragedy of Mozart, from which his life and his work can be separated only with difficulty. The dramaturgical features stamped on his characters, the destructive force of his protagonist and the ideological difficulties involved in a satisfactory production of Don Giovanni make this opera one of the most emblematic total works of art (according to the Wagnerian paraphrase) of all time. This article also analyses some of the aesthetic evaluations of the opera, with special attention given to the vision that Joan Maragall had of the Mozart opera.