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. In association with Classic FM

Cast/Performers

Nicholas Garrett (mat)6 / 8 / 10), Mark Evans (eve)7 / 9), Richard Burkhard (mat)6 / 8 / 10), Peter Grant (eve)7 / 9), Sarah Rhodes (mat)6 / 8 / 10), Olivia Keen (eve)7 / 9), Kathryn McCusker (mat)6 / 8 / 10), Joanna Burton (eve)7 / 9), Colin Lee (mat) / 6 / 8 / 10), Adrian Dwyer (eve)7 / 9), Sarah Redgwick (mat)6 / 8 / 10), Anne Bourne (eve)7 / 9), Joao Fernandes (Commendatore - all performances), Paul Keohone (Massetto - 9 performances), Freddie Tong (Masetto - 2 performances)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Da Ponte (1787)
Company(s): Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Holland Park Opera (chorus)
Director: Martin Lloyd Evans
Conductor: Cem Mansur
Lighting: Simon Corder
Choreographer: Isabel Mortimer