DON GIOVANNI

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Opera in two acts Sung in Italian | Running time: c. 3 hours 40 mins (including 1 interval) LIVE IN CINEMAS 12 FEBRAURY 2014
Mozarts sublime tragic comedy offers boundless scope for directors, and Kasper Holten has chosen it to follow his directorial debut of Eugene Onegin. He wants to shift the emphasis from Don Giovannis sex life into a darker place, showing Giovannis womanizing as an attempt to stave off his own mortality. Each woman he seduces represents a life he could have had. Though it is a dark piece, Holten intends to handle it with a light touch and he is working with a superb cast Mariusz Kwiecien, one of the worlds leading Don Giovannis, Alex Esposito, a fresh, vigorous Leporello and acclaimed French soprano Vronique Gens. Set designs are by Es Devlin (most recently here with Les Troyens) and Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts. Don Giovanni Leporello Donna Anna Masetto Mariusz Kwiecien Alex Esposito Mailn Bystrom Dawid Kimberg Donna Elvira Don Ottavio Zerlina Commendatore Vronique Gens Antonio Poli Elizabeth Watts Alexander Tsymbalyuk

Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Conductor Set designs Costume designs Antonio Pappano Es Devlin Anja Vang Kragh Director Lighting design Choreography Kasper Holten Bruno Poet Signe Fabricius

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