Don Giovanni
Work:: Don Giovanni (S1919)
Written shortly after
The Marriage of Figaro. Based on the famous legend of Don Juan the master seducer from whom no woman can be considered safe. Don Giovanni pursues, seduces, rapes and murders and in the climax is pulled to hell by a stone statue of one of his victims come to life - he remains unrepentant. His servant Leporello witnesses all his masters wrongs. There is also a rarely performed opera of the same name (and story) by Giuseppe Gazzaniga which was first performed in 1786, eight months before Mozart's version.
Production:: (T0996541055)
Sung in Italian with English surtitles. In association with Classic FM
Listing:: L02057182336
Production details
Sung in Italian with English surtitles. In association with Classic FM