Don Giovanni, K. 527

Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Librettist/Text Author: Ponte, Lorenzo da

Conductor: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus

Orchestra: Zurich Opera House Orchestra

Chorus: Zurich Opera House Chorus

Commendatore: Salminen, Matti

Don Giovanni: Gilfry, Rodney

Don Ottavio: Sacca, Roberto

Donna Anna: Rey, Isabel

Donna Elvira: Bartoli, Cecilia

Leporello: Polgar, Laszlo

Masetto: Widmer, Oliver

Zerlina: Nikiteanu, Liliana

Set Designer: Wonder, Erich

Costume Designer: Gerkan, Florence von

Lighting Designer: Hoffmann, Jurgen

Choreographer: Luhr, Catharina

Stage Director: Flimm, Jurgen

Television Director: Large, Brian

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Venue: Zurich Opera House

Playing Time: 03:09:55

Catalogue Number: MID13244438

Libretto

Don Giovanni, K. 527 DE

Synopsis

Don Giovanni, K. 527

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The overwhelming success of the Prague performance of Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) in December 1786, led to the commissioning of a new opera. Mozart and his librettist Lorenzo da Ponte turned to the Don Juan theme, making this promising material the basis for their new opera. In the spring of 1787 Mozart began to compose it in Vienna, and was able to complete it in Prague by the autumn of the same year. Don Giovanni received its first performance, under the composer's personal direction, on 20 October 1787 at Prague's Count Nostitz National Theatre.

This production of Don Giovanni at the Zurich Opera House was staged by the highly creative team of conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, director Jurgen Flimm and set-designer Erich Wonder. Rodney Gilfry and Cecilia Bartoli lead a first-class group of singers.