Meeting Mozart Alan Gilbert's Take On 'Don Giovanni'

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Down at the Santa Fe Opera cantina a few weeks ago, Alan Gilbert was juggling more than a plate of lunch and a soft drink as he walked to a table at the Santa Fe Opera cantina a few weeks ago, and he was enjoying every minute of the challenge.

The conductor was in the midst of rehearsals for Mozart's Don Giovanni. Furthermore, as SFO's first music director, he's been deeply involved in artistic planning since his appointment was announced last year. Finally, his recent symphonic guest-conducting engagements have reaped columns of praise -- he's even been mentioned as a viable candidate for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra podium. Such notice, of course, means increasing scrutiny by critics and audiences.

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Meeting Mozart Alan Gilbert's Take On 'Don Giovanni'

But Gilbert's not worried. The son of two New York Philharmonic violinists, the brother of another professional violinist and himself a violinist and violist, he was eager to talk about Giovanni, SFO and future plans -- and to show off his 2-month-old daughter, Noemi. She was born to Gilbert and his wife, Swedish cellist Kajsa William-Olsson, the Saturday before Ea...

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