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 and Welsh surtitles

Cast/Performers

David Stout (Leporello), Elizabeth Watts (Donna Elvira - not Mar 23), Camilla Roberts (Donna Elvira - Mar 23), Emily Birsan (Donna Anna - not Mar 7), Meeta Raval (Donna Anna - Mar 7), Gavan Ring (Don Giovanni), Miklos Sebestyen (Commendatore), Benjamin Hulett (Don Ottavio) - not Apr 19, Nico Darmanin (Don Ottavio - Apr 19), Katie Bray (Zerlina), Gareth Brynmor John (Masetto)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Da Ponte (1787)
Company: Welsh National
Conductor: James Southalli
Director(s): John Caird (original director), Caroline Chaney (revival director), Matthew Holmquist (staff director), Samuel Davies (revival fight director)
Design(s): John Napier, Yoon Bae (assistant)
Costume: Yoon Bae
Lighting: David Hersey