Don Giovanni

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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
1965
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Production
Paul Hager
Designer
Oliver Smith
Costume Designer(s)
Wolfram Skalicki
Chorus Director
Vincenzo Giannini
Choreographer
Ghita Hager
Costumers
Goldstein & Co.

Cast

Leporello, servant of Don Giovanni
Ugo Trama(10/15, 22)
Heinz Blankenburg(10/30)
Donna Anna, the Commendatore's daughter
Leontyne Price(10/15, 22)
Pilar Lorengar(10/30)
Don Giovanni
Thomas Stewart
Don Pedro, the Commendatore
Thomas O'Leary
Don Ottavio, Donna Anna's fiancé
Richard Lewis
Donna Elvira, a former love of Don Giovanni
Lucine Amara
Zerlina, a peasant girl
Jolanda Meneguzzer
Masetto, her fiancé
John West

Show Dates

Time and Place

Seville, in the middle of the seventeenth century

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- Courtyard of the Commendatore's palace
Scene 2 -- A city square
Scene 3 -- Outside Don Giovanni's palace
Scene 4 -- Ballroom in Don Giovanni's palace
Act II, Scene 1 -- A city square
Scene 2 -- Courtyard of the Commendatore's palace
Scene 3 -- A cemetery
Scene 4 -- A room in Don Giovanni's palace

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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