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

Cast/Performers

Iain Paterson, Katherine Broderick, Rebecca Evans, Brindley Sherratt, Robert Murray, Sarah Tynan, Matthew Best

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Da Ponte (1787)
Producer: English National Opera
Conductor: Kirill Karabits
Director(s): Rufus Norris, Jonathan Lunn (movement)
Design(s): Ian MacNeil, Finn Ross (video)
Costume: Nicky Gillibrand
Lighting: Mimi Jordan Sherrin