PRODUCTION NEW TO SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

In one of the most enthralling and brilliantly constructed operas in the repertory, Mozart challenges all of our senses, presenting musical characterizations of piercing psychological depth.

THE SCENE
Set in Seville, in the 1600s

THE STORY
Don Giovanni is an infinitely nuanced nobleman and rake who lives for his libido, arrogantly flouting the most basic social conventions. Only Leporello, his trickster servant, adds a comic note as he helps his master make his conquests. Don Giovanni racks up a long list of enemies who seek to bring him down. In the end, however, only divine retribution can deliver justice.

 
CAST
 
PRODUCTION
 
Don Giovanni: Mariusz Kwiecien
Leporello: Oren Gradus
Donna Anna: Elza van den Heever
Donna Elvira: Twyla Robinson
Don Ottavio: Charles Castronovo
Zerlina: Claudia Mahnke
Masetto: Luca Pisaroni*
Commendatore: Kristinn Sigmundsson
  Conductor: Donald Runnicles
Production: David McVicar
Stage Director: Leah Hausman*
Production Designer: John Macfarlane
Lighting Designer: Jennifer Tipton

*San Francisco Opera debut
Cast, programs and schedules are subject to change
Approximate running time: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Sung in Italian with English Supertitles
Co-production of San Francisco Opera and Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie (Brussels).
This production is sponsored, in part, by the Carol Franc Buck Foundation.
Corporate support is provided by Bank of America.
PRODUCTION PHOTO: Terrence McCarthy

 


Recording Credits
Current San Francisco Opera production, 2007
Don Giovanni (Mariusz Kwiecien)
and Leporello (Oren Gradus);
Leporello (Oren Gradus)
and Donna Elvira (Twyla Robinson);
Don Giovanni (Mariusz Kwiecien)
and Zerlina (Claudia Mahnke);
Don Ottavio (Charles Castronovo);
DISCOVER
  • Please note that the artists performing on this recording are not necessarily the artists who will be performing in the San Francisco Opera production.
    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
    Performer: Samuel Ramey, Kathleen Battle
    Label: Deutsche Grammophon
    Catalog: #19179
    Audio CD: October 25, 1990
    ASIN: B000001G7D
    Selection: Disc 1, Track 16: Là ci darem la mano
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PAST PERFORMANCES
  • Sat June 2, 2007 8 pm
  • Tue June 5, 2007 8 pm
  • Sun June 10, 2007 2 pm
  • Wed June 13, 2007 7:30 pm
  • Sat June 16, 2007 8 pm
  • Fri June 22, 2007 8 pm
  • Thu June 28, 2007 7:30 pm
  • Sat June 30, 2007 8 pm
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