Don Giovanni
Watch Mozart's Don Giovanni online for free from Sunday 31 May - Sunday 7 June
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Description
Don Giovanni lives a life of debauchery and pleasure, seducing and abandoning women wherever he goes, helped by his faithful servant Leporello. But when a seduction goes horribly wrong, he finally finds himself in a situation he can’t charm his way out of.
Don Giovanni, Mozart and Da Ponte’s take on the familiar Don Juan legend, is a work ahead of its time. Colliding comedy and tragedy in a fluid, free-form music-drama, the opera has a breathless energy and impetus that’s impossible to resist – a wild musical ride that takes its audience quite literally to hell and back again. A score of contrasts and extremes includes the beguiling simplicity of Don Giovanni’s serenade and the high-wire virtuosity of Donna Anna’s arias.
Gerald Finley stars as the libidinous Don in Jonathan Kent’s sleek, contemporary staging, with Kate Royal as Donna Elvira and Anna Samuil as the vengeful Donna Anna.
Don Giovanni was captured live at Festival 2010. It is available on DVD from our shop.
Introduction: 0 – 4 minutes 43 seconds
Act I: 4 minutes 43 seconds – 1 hour 33 minutes 23 seconds
Act II: 1 hour 33 minutes 23 seconds – 2 hours 58 minutes 18 seconds
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Creative team
Conductor
Vladimir Jurowski
Director
Jonathan Kent
Designer
Paul Brown
Lighting Designer
Mark Henderson
Movement Director
Denni Sayers
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Chorus Master Jeremy Bines
Assistant Director
Ashley Dean
Fight Director
Alison de Burgh
Supertitles
Ian Julier
Cast
Leporello
Luca Pisaroni
Donna Anna
Anna Samuil
Don Giovanni
Gerald Finley
Commendatore
Brindley Sherratt
Don Ottavio
William Burden
Donna Elvira
Kate Royal
Zerlina
Anna Virovlansky
Masetto
Guido Loconsolo
Photos: Bill Cooper