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
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1962
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Staged by
Set design
Chorus Director
Costume sketches
Executed by
Cast
Leporello, servant of Don Giovanni
Donna Anna, the Commandant's daughter
Don Giovanni, a young nobleman
Don Pedro, the Commendatore
Don Ottavio, Donna Anna's fiancé
Donna Elvira, a former love of Don Giovanni
Zerlina, a peasant girl
Masetto, her fiancé
Show Dates
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
Media
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1962_05_compressed.pdf
(10.27 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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Sets from the Dallas Civic Opera