The L.A. Times on the revival of the LA Opera Don Giovanni:
"I thought I detected a thread of misogyny running through the production".
Lorenzo DaPonte, that famously PC man, would never had agreed to that.
And seriously, even if Friend of Opera Chic Tim Mangan, a man of unimpeachable taste, writes on the OC Register that "Director Mariusz Trelinski puts himself very much front and center, and though he cannot quite elbow poor Mozart out of the limelight, he does manage a great deal of distraction", who cares when you deck out Erwin Schrott in a Fu Manchu outfit/hairstyle + seriously tight bright pants + a plunging neckline, hairy chest galore?
Ervino verbally illuminates us re: his character: “He’s totally a storyteller. I think he’s such a liar, you know?”
Not to mention, like, teh rapeZorZ!