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. New Productions. Sung in Italian with English titles. Running time: approx. 3hrs

Cast/Performers

William Dazeley, Alastair Miles, Mathhew Hargreaves (Leporello Nov 14 / 17 / 21 / 24), Meeta Raval (Donna Elvira), Maribeth Diggle (Donna Elvira Nov 1), Christopher Turner (Don Ottavio), Claire Wild (Zerlina), Oliver Dunn (Masetto), Michael Druiett (Il Commendatore)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Da Ponte (1787)
Company: Opera North
Conductor(s): Tobias Ringborg, Anthony Kraus (Nov 1 / 7 / 17)
Director: Alessandro Talevi
Design: Madeleine Boyd
Costume: Madeleine Boyd
Lighting(s): Matthew Haskins, Victoria Newlyn