
202 minutes
9/12/2008
DON GIOVANNI is one of the timeless classics of all opera. Mozart’s music, and the words of his great collaborator Da Ponte, are brought to life in Francesca Zambello’s engrossing production with its rich and colourful designs by Maria Bjornson. The music is memorable, dramatic and enjoyable: from the seductive solo voices of the famous ‘La ci darem la mano’ to the fabulous ensemble as Don Giovanni’s infatuated conquests, vengeful victims and their outraged relatives join forces for justice. And retribution does finally come to Don Giovanni, a serial womanizer and a murderer, with the searing flames of Hell ready to engulf him. Simon Keenlyside heads the outstanding cast at the Covent Garden Royal Opera House, conducted by renowned Mozart expert Charles Mackerras.

Simon Keenlyside
as Don Giovanni
Kyle Ketelsen
as Leporello

Marina Poplavskaya
as Donna Anna

Ramón Vargas
as Don Ottavio

Joyce DiDonato
as Donna Elvira

Miah Persson
as Zerlina
Robert Gleadow
as Masetto

Eric Halfvarson
as Commendatore
Charles Mackerras
as Self - Conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
as Self - Composer
Chorus of the Royal Opera House
as Self - Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
as Self - Orchestra