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. Running time: 3hrs 5mins

Cast/Performers

Iain Paterson (Don Giovanni), Darren Jeffery (Leporello), Katherine Broderick (Donna Anna), Ben Johnson (Don Ottavio), Matthew Best (Commendatore), Sarah Tynan (Zerlina), John Molloy (Masetto), Rebbeca Evans (Donna Elvira - Oct 17-Nov 6), Sarah Redgwick (Donna Elvira Nov 10-17)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Da Ponte (1787)
Producer: English National Opera
Conductor(s): Edward Gardner (Oct 17-Nov 6), James Burton (Nov 10-17)
Director: Rufus Norris
Design(s): Ian MacNeil, Finn Ross (video)
Costume: Nicky Gillibrand
Lighting: Paul Anderson
Choreographer: Jonathan Lunn
Translation: Jeremy Sams