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Don Giovanni (Italian pronunciation: [ˌdɔn dʒoˈvanni]; K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, literally The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
Don Giovanni, opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Italian libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte) that premiered on October 29, 1787. The opera’s subject is Don Juan, the notorious libertine of fiction, and his eventual descent into hell. Learn more about Don Giovanni.
Don Giovanni Mozart’s masterpiece tells the story of a handsome playboy, Don Giovanni, as he blazes a path to his own destruction in a single day. He’s loved by women as much as he loves them, but his disregard for decency catches up with him.
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The Making of an Opera, Don Giovanni at Glyndebourne, John Higgins. A guide to Mozart's masterpiece, Don Giovanni. Including Synopsis, Music & Arias, Fun Facts, Running Time and much more!
DON GIOVANNI. HD full opera.Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART. Libretto by Lorenzo DA PONTE. Première: 1787.Audio: ITALIAN. Subtitles: ITALIANO (CC) –...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–91) was the son of a Salzburg court musician who exhibited him as a musical prodigy throughout Europe. His achievements in opera, in terms of beauty, vocal challenge, and dramatic insight, remain unsurpassed.
Giuseppe Gazzaniga’s opera Don Giovanni, based on a libretto by Giovanni Bertati, premieres on February 5 in Venice. The work is modeled as a play-within-a-play, in which a traveling opera company decides to revive the old Don Juan story, even though the players complain that the plot is stale and overused.
A licentious nobleman, Don Giovanni, disguises himself in order to seduce Donna Anna, who is engaged to marry Don Ottavio. Anna chases him off and is protected by her father, the Commendatore. During a duel, Don Giovanni kills the old man, before running off, without the slightest remorse, to chase after other women, with his faithful servant ...
First performed in 1787, Don Giovanni is Mozart’s exhilarating retelling of the Don Juan legend, filled with some of his most famous and much-loved music. Combining comedy and tragedy, the opera follows the notorious womaniser as he lusts his way towards his dramatic downfall.