Don Giovanni
movie
View on VideBits →Don Giovanni was commissioned by the Prague Opera immediately after the success of The Marriage of Figaro: Mozart and Da Ponte wanted to build on their success and chose a subject that had triumphed just a few weeks earlier in Venice, a Don Giovanni composed by Giuseppe Gazzaniga. Revisiting the theme of the Seville Cheat – a prevalent subject in theatre since the mid-17th century, especially through Molière’s powerful incarnation, and in a ballet by Gluck in Vienna in 1761 – Da Ponte focused the work on the libertine character of Don Juan, no doubt drawing inspiration from his friend Casanova (who in fact helped make changes to Act 2, Scene 9, and attended the Prague première).
Cast & crew
Alex Rosen · Marc Minkowski · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Arianna Vendittelli · Ana Maria Labin · Robert Gleadow · Julien Henric · Marshall Pynkoski · Alexandre Duhamel · Alix Le Saux