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 25 minutes.

Cast/Performers

Erwin Schrott (Don Giovanni), Reinhard Hagen (Commendatore - Jun07 11 / 13 / 15 / 17 / 20 / 23 / 26 / 30), Robert Lloyd (Commendatore - Jul07 4 / 8), Anna Netrebko (Donna Anna - Jun07 11 / 13 / 15 / 17 / 20 / 23 / 26 / 30 Jul07 4), Marina Poplavskaya (Donna Anna - Jul07 8), Michael Schade (Don Ottavio - Jun07 11 / 13 / 15 / 17 / 26 / 30 / Jul07 8), Robert Murray (Don Ottavio - Jun07 20 / 23 Jul07 4 ), Ana Maria Martinez (Donna Eliva), Jonathan Lemalu (Leporello), Matthew Rose (Masetto), Sarah Fox (Zerlina)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Da Ponte (1787)
Producer: Royal Opera
Conductor(s): Ivor Bolton (Jun07 11 / 13 / 15 / 17 / 20 / 23 / 26 / 30), David Syrus (Jul07 4 / 8), David Syrus (Jul07 4 / 8)
Director: Francesca Zambello)
Design: Maria Bjornson
Lighting: Paul Pyant
Choreographer: Stephen Mear