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 Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House 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 Tue, Oct 16 1962, 8pm Sat, Oct 20 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 Media Image Don Giovanni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira), Geraint Evans (Leporello) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image Don Giovanni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Jolanda Meneguzzer (Zerlina), Joshua Hecht (Masetto) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image Don Giovanni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image Don Giovanni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Giorgio Tozzi (Don Giovanni), Victoria de los Angeles (Donna Anna) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image Don Giovanni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Richard Lewis (Don Ottavio) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image Don Giovanni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Geraint Evans (Leporello), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image Don Giovanni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Giorgio Tozzi (Don Giovanni), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image Don Giovanni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira), Victoria de los Angeles (Donna Anna), Richard Lewis (Don Ottavio) Credit Robert Cahen Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1962_05_compressed.pdf (10.27 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Sets from the Dallas Civic Opera Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image Don Giovanni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira), Geraint Evans (Leporello) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image Don Giovanni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Jolanda Meneguzzer (Zerlina), Joshua Hecht (Masetto) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image Don Giovanni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image Don Giovanni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Giorgio Tozzi (Don Giovanni), Victoria de los Angeles (Donna Anna) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image Don Giovanni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Richard Lewis (Don Ottavio) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image Don Giovanni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Geraint Evans (Leporello), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image Don Giovanni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Giorgio Tozzi (Don Giovanni), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image Don Giovanni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira), Victoria de los Angeles (Donna Anna), Richard Lewis (Don Ottavio) Credit Robert Cahen