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.

Cast/Performers

Tom Erik Lie, Franzita Whelan, Emma Bell, Robert Poulton, Paul Nilon, Brindley Sherratt, Michelle Walton, Carl Gombrich

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Da Ponte (1787)
Producer: Garsington Opera
Conductor: Steuart Bedford
Director: Stephen Unwin
Design: Jackie Brooks
Costume: Mark Bouman