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Don Giovanni ( Italian pronunciation: [dɔn 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.
- Italian
- Lorenzo Da Ponte
- The legend of Don Juan
- 29 October 1787, Estates Theatre, Prague
Don Giovanni, opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Italian libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte) that premiered at the original National Theatre in Prague on October 29, 1787. The opera’s subject is Don Juan, the notorious libertine of fiction, and his eventual descent into hell.
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The first performance of Don Giovanni in Italy was at Bergamo in 1811. It was performed in Rome the same year. Its first performance in England may have been an amateur performance.
- Opera in 2 acts
- Lorenzo da Ponte
Mozart begins composing the music for Da Ponte’s libretto over the summer, and their Don Giovanni premieres at Prague’s National Theater on October 29, with Mozart himself conducting the first four performances.
There are significant parallels between the two texts, but Da Ponte’s libretto is far longer and contains much that is original. In a quirk of history, the first Giovanni in Gazzaniga’s opera Antonio Baglioni was the first Don Ottavio in Mozart’s!
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. ENO Don Giovanni: Trailer 2016/17. Video.
