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. Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Running time 3 hours 30 minutes. New Production. There is a Schools Matinee Performance of Don Giovanni on Tuesday 5 March.

Cast/Performers

Simon Keenlyside (Don Giovanni), Ildebrando d'Arcangelo (Leporello), Christine Goerke (Donna Anna), Ana Maria Martinez (Donna Elvira), John Mark Ainsley (Don Ottavio), Andrea Silverstrelli (Commendatore), Rebecca Evans (Zerlina), Quentin Hayes (Masetto)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Da Ponte (1787)
Company: Royal Opera
Director: Francesca Zambello
Conductor: Charles Mackerras
Design: Maria Bjornson
Lighting: Paul Pyant
Choreographer: Stephen Mears