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. The new production from this year's Glyndebourne Festival sponsored by Audi. Sung in Italian with English supertitles. Performed in the 1787 Prague version. The performance lasts approximately 3hrs 15mins including one twenty minute interval.

Cast/Performers

Michele Bianchini (Don Giovanni), Jonathan Veira (Leporello), Stephen Rooke (Don Ottavio), Orla Boylan (Donna Anna), Mary Plazas (Donna Elvira), Sarah Fox (Zerlina), Michael Druiett (Commendatore), D'Arcy Bleiker (Masetto)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Da Ponte (1787)
Company(s): Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Glyndebourne Touring Opera Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus
Conductor: Martyn Brabbins
Director(s): Graham Vick, Franco Ripa di Meana (revival director)
Design: Richard Hudson
Lighting: Jennifer Tipton
Choreographer: Ron Howell