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 supertitles. Revival of the 2000 Graham Vick production.

Cast/Performers

Wojtek Drabowicz (Don Giovanni), Ingrid Kaiserfeld (Donn Anna from Jun 15), Bruce Ford (Don Ottavio), Finnur Bjarnason (Don Ottavio May 25 / 30 Jun 6 / 9 / 15 / 19 / 24 Aug 3), Philip Ens (Commendatore), Jonathan Veira (Leporello), Veronique Gens (Donna Elvira), Sarah Fox (Zerlina), D'Arcy Bleiker (Masetto)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Da Ponte (1787)
Conductor: Louis Langree
Director(s): Graham Vick (original), Franco Ripa di Meana (revival director)
Design: Richard Hudson
Lighting: Jennifer Tipton
Choreographer(s): Ron Howell (original), Maxine Braham (revival movement director)
Company(s): London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus