Don Giovanni – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
15th October – 9th December in Glyndebourne, Milton Keynes, Canterbury, Norwich, Woking & Plymouth
Cast and Creative team
Don Giovanni Duncan Rock
Donna Anna Ana Maria Labin
Don Ottavio Anthony Gregory
Donna Elvira Magdalena Molendowska
Leporello Brandon Cedel
Il Commendatore Andrii Goniukov
Zerlina Louise Alder
Masetto BOŽIDAR SMILJANIĆ
Conductor Pablo González (15 Oct-25 Nov) Ben Gernon (29 Nov-9 Dec)
Director Jonathan Kent
Revival Director Lloyd Wood
Designer Paul Brown
Lighting Designer Mark Henderson
The Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Performances
Glyndebourne
Sat 15 October 4:00pm
Sat 22 October 4:00pm
Tue 25 October 4:00pm
Thu 27 October 6:30pm
Sun 30 October 4:00pm
Fri 4 November 4:00pm
Milton Keynes
Tue 8 November 7:15pm
Fri 11 November 7:15pm
Canterbury, The Marlowe Theatre
Tue 15 November 7:15pm
Fri 18 November 7:15pm
Theatre Royal, Norwich
Tue 22 November 7:15pm
Fri 25 November 7:15pm
New Victoria Theatre, Woking
Tue 29 November 7:15pm
Fri 2 December 7:15pm
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Tue 6 December 7:15pm
Fri 9 December 7:15pm
Information
A revival of the 2010 production directed by Jonathan Kent.
The name ‘Don Juan’ has become a synonym for ‘womaniser’ the world over, through the legendary 14th-century nobleman’s endless incarnations on stage and in film, literature and visual art. But in Mozart’s Don Giovanni we meet the Don on a very unusual day: a day of foiled sexual conquests, a day of murder, his last day on earth.
Not many comic operas begin with a coldblooded murder and end with the hero’s consignment to hell – but Don Giovanni swings restlessly between comedy and tragedy to startling effect. Mozart’s irresistible music follows suit, its famous highlights ranging from_ Don Giovanni_’s sparkling Champagne aria to the seductive duet ‘ Là ci darem la mano’. Jonathan Kent’s sleek and suspenseful production, last seen on the Tour in 2010, captures this duality brilliantly.
Following his success as Tarquinius in The Rape of Lucretia ( Tour 2013) baritone Duncan Rock returns to the Tour to sing Don Giovanni. He is accompanied by tenor Anthony Gregory (The Turn of the Screw, Tour 2014) who sings Don Ottavio opposite soprano Ana Maria Labin (Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Tour 2015) as Donna Anna. Polish soprano Magdalena Molendowska (La traviata, Tour 2014), sings Donna Elvira.