Details

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. Sung in Italian with English surtitles

Cast/Performers

Erwin Schrott (Don Giovanni), Roberto Tagliavini (Leporello), Malin Bystrom (Donna Anna), Daniel Behle (Don Ottavio), Christine Rice (Donna Elvira), Louise Alder (Zerlina), Leon Kosavic (Masetto), Lars Woldt (The Commendatore)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Da Ponte (1787)
Producer(s): Royal Opera House, Israeli Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Houston Grand Opera
Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen
Director: Kasper Holten
Design(s): Es Devlin, Luke Halls (video)
Costume: Anja Vang Kragh
Lighting: Bruno Poet
Choreographer: Signe Fabricius
Company(s): Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House