Overview
Premiered in 1787, “Don Giovanni” exposes the timeless theme of a man hovering between vitality and destruction. Neither morality nor the law can stop this serial lover in his quest to conquer all women as he places his own pleasure above all other principles. Today, the rich depth of Mozart’s masterpiece still astonishes audiences with its mix of comedy and seriousness, pleasure and love, entertainment and murder. At the helm of this new Salzburg Festival production, in a near-live broadcast from the Great Festival Hall, director Romeo Castellucci promises to focus on the ambiguity and inner turmoil of this serial lover whose immoral behaviour condemns him to a deadly solitude. The exceptional cast – featuring Italian baritone Davide Luciano (Don Giovanni), Russian soprano Nadezhda Pavlova (Donna Anna) and Finnish bass Mika Kares (the Commendatore) – is accompanied by the chorus and musicians of the musicAeterna ensemble, conducted by Vitaly Polonsky and Teodor Currentzis.
Director and cast
- Davide Luciano as Don Giovanni
- Mika Kares as II Commendatore
- Nadezhda Pavlova as Donna Anna
- Michael Spyres as Don Ottavio
- Federica Lombardi as Donna Elvira
- Vito Priante as Leporello
- David Steffens as Masetto
- Anna Lucia Richter as Zerlina
- Teodor Currentzis as Self – Conductor
- musicAeterna as Self – Orchestra / Choir
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