Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte 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 1962 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Leopold Ludwig Staged by Paul Hager Set design Franco Zeffirelli Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costume sketches Wolfram Skalicki Executed by Goldstein & Co. Cast Leporello, servant of Don Giovanni Geraint Evans Donna Anna, the Commandant's daughter Victoria de los Angeles Don Giovanni, a young nobleman Giorgio Tozzi Don Pedro, the Commendatore Michael Langdon Don Ottavio, Donna Anna's fiancé Richard Lewis Donna Elvira, a former love of Don Giovanni Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Zerlina, a peasant girl Jolanda Meneguzzer Masetto, her fiancé Joshua Hecht Show Dates Sun, Oct 28 1962, 3pm Fri, Nov 9 1962, 8pm Time and Place Seventeenth century Seville Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Courtyard of the Commandant's palace Scene 2 -- Street in suburban Seville Scene 3 -- A pastoral grove Scene 4 -- Outside Don Giovanni's palace Scene 5 -- Ballroom in Don Giovanni's palace Act II, Scene 1 -- Street in suburban Seville Scene 2 -- A dark hallway in the Commandant's palace Scene 3 -- A cemetery Scene 4 -- A room in Donna Anna's palace Scene 5 -- In Don Giovanni's palace Notes Sets from the Dallas Civic Opera Corps de Ballet