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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
2011-2012
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Director
Set Designer(s)
Costume, Wig and Makeup Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Fight Director
Assistant Conductor
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Recitative accompaniment
Supertitles
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Costume Supervisor

Cast

Leporello
Donna Anna
Don Giovanni
The Commendatore
Don Ottavio
Donna Elvira
Zerlina
Masetto

Show Dates

Time and Place

Seville, mid-seventeenth century

Scenes

ACT I
INTERMISSION
ACT II

Media

Sponsors

This production is made possible, in part, by San Francisco Opera Guild

Notes

Epilogue: We omit the epilogue in these performances. The epilogue was part of the Prague premiere of Don Giovanni in 1787, but for the Vienna performances in 1788 (for which Mozart added considerably more music, including “Dalla sua pace,” “Mi tradì,” and the duet for Leporello and Zerlina) there is considerable evidence that the epilogue was omitted. Recent research shows that the assimilation of the Vienna and Prague versions occurred before the composer’s death, thus affirming the authenticity of composite versions.

Mandolin (for Giovanni's serenade) played by violinist Craig Reiss.

SUPERNUMERARIES
Jim Bowes
Josh Eichorn
Joe Friedman
Ryan Jaeger
Raymon Smith
Carlos Suarez
Rob Wonder
Paul Zemlin