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. Cast A: Jan12 21,24,26,28,31, Feb12 3 at 19:00. Cast B: Feb12 16,18,21,23,29 at 19:00. Feb12 26 at 17:30

Cast/Performers

Gerald Finley (Don Giovanni Cast A), Lorenzo Regazzo (Leporello Cast A), Hibla Gerzmava (Donna Anna Cast A), Katarina Karneus (Donna Elvira Cast A), Irini Kyriakidou (Zerlina Cast A), Matthew Polenzani (Don Ottavio Cast A), Adam Plachetka (Masetto Cast A), Marco Spotti (Commendatore Cast A), Erwin Schrott (Don Giovanni Cast B), Alex Esposito (Leporello Cast B), Carmela Remigio (Donna Anna Cast B), Ruxandra Donose (Donna Elvira Cast B), Kate Lindsey (Zerlina Cast B), Pavol Breslik (Don Ottavio Cast B), Reinhard Hagen (Commendatore Cast B), Matthew Rose (Masetto Cast B)

Creatives/Company

Music: Mozart
Lyrics: Da Ponte (1787)
Producer: Royal Opera House
Director: Francesca Zambello
Conductor: Constantinos Carydis