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

Mariusz Kwiecien (Don Giovanni), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Leporello), Rachel Willis-Sorensen (Donna Anna), Pavol Breslik (Don Ottavio), Hrachuhi Bassenz (Donna Elvira), Chen Reiss (Zerlina), Anatoi Sivko (Masetto), Williard W White (The Commendatore)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Da Ponte (1787)
Producer: Royal Opera House
Director: Kasper Holten
Conductor: Marc Minkowski
Design(s): Es Devlin, Luke Halls (video)
Costume: Anja Vang Kragh
Lighting: Bruno Poet
Choreographer: Signe Fabricius