Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni (En)

Meet the scrupuleless woman chaser Dion Giovanni who both seduces and ruins in his constant hunt for new adventures. The ancient legend of the seducer Don Juan has fascintated people through the ages and Mozart’s operatic version includes much of his most wonderful music.

Don Giovanni is a young, arrogant and completely shameless aristocrat. His favourite pastime is to conquer women. Some of whom fall helplessly in love, but there are those who do not welcome his intentions. This causes problems with angry fathers, jealous fiances and murderous husbands.

As Don Giovanni continues on his way to look for new adventures, his servant Leporello cleans up the wreckage in his wake. A thankless task that eventually gets on Leporello’s nerves. Despite this he helps his master time after time  - he is only a servant and gentlemen behave as they will.

But now Don Giovanni is suspected of being mixed up in a death and the question is if Leporello can get him out of trouble this time. That is, if he wants to…

Creative

MUSIC Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
LIBRETTO Lorenzo Da Ponte 

CONDUCTOR Wolfgang Wengenroth
ORIGINAL DIRECTOR Paul-Émile Fourny  
REVIVAL DIRECTOR Anselmi Hirvonen Hillevi Björnsson and Ylva Kihlberg
SET DESIGN Poppi Ranchetti  
COSTUME DESIGN Giovanna Fiorentini  
LIGHTING DESIGN Patrick Méeüs

Cast

DON GIOVANNI Jacques Imbrailo
LEPORELLO Henning von Schulman
DONNA ANNA Matilda Sterby
DON OTTAVIO Joel Annmo
DONNA ELVIRA Rachael Wilson/Linnea Nordenback (Nov 24  and Dec 3, 8, 15)
ZERLINA Viktoria Karlsson
MASETTO Nikolai Elsberg
COMMENDATORE Taras Shtonda

Malmö Opera Choir
Malmö Opera Orchestra 

Extras

Nanna Erman
Ásta Indía Valdimarsdóttir
Éléonore Soumah
Linn Carlson
Alva Eidhagen
Jonna Carlberg
Evelina Wagner
Henrik Andersson
Vilmer Ericsson
André M Gewessler
Marcus Thernström Florin
Mattias Thernström Florin

Don Giovanni is a production from Savonlinna Opera festival and premiered 2011.