Organization

Conductor

Guillaume Tourniaire

Paul Fitzsimon

Stage director

David McVicar

Warwick Doddrell

Set designer

Robert Jones

Costume designer

Lighting designer

David Finn

Choreographer

Andrew George

Singer

Baritone

Andrii Kymach

Don Giovanni

Bass

Yuri Kissin

Leporello

Tenor

Juan de Dios Mateos

Don Ottavio

Soprano

Cathy-Di Zhang

Zerlina

David Parkin

Commendatore

Andrew Williams

Masetto

Bronwyn Douglass

Donna Elvira

Jane Ede

Sophie Salvesani

Donna Anna

Celeste Lazarenko

Opera Australia

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Opera Australia Chorus

Orchestra

Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

Italian

Sydney City

Australia

Sydney Opera House

Joan Sutherland Theatre

Public

English

Approved

Opera’s mad, bad Casanova is about to meet his maker.Monumental sets place this story about opera’s most compelling anti-hero in a gothic underworlds, and pe...

Don Giovanni Mozart

He’s mad. He’s bad. He’s dangerous. But damn him to hell, his serenades are divine.

It’s the last day of Don Giovanni’s life, but he doesn’t know that.

For opera’s own Casanova, it’s just another day of pleasure seeking. Seducing a bride on her wedding day. Breaking into a woman’s bedroom in the dead of night. Killing her furious father.

Even before the curtain rises, Mozart reveals Don Giovanni’s fate. An earthshattering chord from the orchestra signals the gates of hell clanging open. The scoundrel’s debauched days are at an end.

When he hears a voice from beyond the grave, warning of impending punishment, Don Giovanni has no fear. Half-mocking, half-earnest, he invites the statue of the man he’s just killed to dinner.

Sir David McVicar’s production reveals the darkness in opera’s most compelling anti-hero. His Don Giovanni is a psychological thriller on a grand scale.

Monumental sets place the story in a gothic underworld inspired by the catacombs of Vienna. Monochromatic period costumes feature stunning embroidery. Can the characters keep their morals as tightly buttoned?

Don Giovanni by Mozart, From (2023/2023), Directed by David McVicar, Warwick Doddrell,, Conductor Guillaume Tourniaire, Paul Fitzsimon, Sydney Opera House, Sydney City, Australia

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