Composer
Librettist
Based On
a centuries-old Spanish legend about a libertine as told by playwright Tirso de Molina in his 1630 play El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra
Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Venue
Shrine Auditorium
Season
1955
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Lighting and projections
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Costumers
Cast
Don Giovanni, a young nobleman
Don Pedro, the Commendatore
Donna Anna, his daughter
Don Ottavio, her fiancé
Leporello, servant of Don Giovanni
Donna Elvira
Masetto
Zerlina
Show Dates
Time and Place
Seventeenth Century; Seville
Scenes
Act I, Scene 1 -- Courtyard of Palace of the Commandant
Scene 2 -- Street in Suburban Seville
Scene 3 -- Outside Don Giovanni's Palace
Scene 4 -- Ballroom in Don Giovanni's Palace
Act II, Scene 1 -- A Street in Seville
Scene 2 -- A Dark Hallway
Scene 3 -- A Cemetery
Scene 4 -- Room in Donna Anna's Palace
Scene 5 -- In Don Giovanni's Palace
Sponsors
The Projection Equipment is donated by the San Francisco Opera Guild
Notes
Corps de Ballet
PROGRAM NOTE:
Of world-wide interest is the first performance in the rebuilt Vienna
Staatsoper, with Beethoven's "Fidelio" the opening opera. In observance
of this event, tonight's presentation will be preceded by the Overture to
"Fidelio" conducted by Kurt Herbert Adler, followed by a message from the
Consul General of Austria, Dr. Friederich Waller.