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. A New Production. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Cast/Performers
Peter Savidge (Don Giovanni),
James Rutherford (Leporello),
Maria Costanza Nocentini (Donna Anna),
Matthew Best (Commendatore),
Hilton Marlton (Don Ottavio),
Henrikka Grondahl (Donna Elvira),
D'Arcy Bleiker (Masetto)
Creatives/Company
Music:
MozartLyrics:
Da Ponte (1787)
Company:
Scottish OperaConductor:
Richard ArmstrongDirector:
Tim AlberyDesign:
Tobias HoheiselLighting:
Peter MumfordChoreographer:
Ben Wright