Film

Don Giovanni

Opera Royal de Versailles

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2h 40m

2023

“Opera Royal de Versailles”

Synopsis

Don Giovanni was commissioned by the Prague Opera immediately after the success of The Marriage of Figaro: Mozart and Da Ponte wanted to build on their success and chose a subject that had triumphed just a few weeks earlier in Venice, a Don Giovanni composed by Giuseppe Gazzaniga. Revisiting the theme of the Seville Cheat – a prevalent subject in theatre since the mid-17th century, especially through Molière’s powerful incarnation, and in a ballet by Gluck in Vienna in 1761 – Da Ponte focused the work on the libertine character of Don Juan, no doubt drawing inspiration from his friend Casanova (who in fact helped make changes to Act 2, Scene 9, and attended the Prague première).

Director

Marshall Pynkoski

Music

Cast & Crew

Alexandre Duhamel

as Don Giovanni

Robert Gleadow

as Leporello

Ana Maria Labin

as Donna Anna

Arianna Vendittelli

as Donna Elvira

Alix Le Saux

as Zerlina

Julien Henric

as Don Ottavio

Alex Rosen

as Il Commendatore

Alex Rosen

as Masetto

Marc Minkowski

as Conductor

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