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"I went to see Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Metropolitan Opera with my 7-year-old son not that long ago. It was his first opera, and he had a great time. I was struck by the fact that he found it perfectly comprehensible that Don Giovanni and his manservant Leporello could switch identities and evade their pursuers simply by exchanging their hats and cloaks."

num artigo sobre o retrato, tema de uma exposição no Metropolitan Museum.