Don Giovanni
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Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanish legend about a libertine, Don Juan, as tol
Portrait of Francisco D'Andrade in the title role by Max Slevogt, 1912
The Estates Theatre in Prague, venue of the world premiere of Don Giovanni in 1787. The theatre had opened four years earlier as the Comital Nostitz National Theatre (Gräflich Nostitzsches Nationaltheater).
Playbill for the 1788 Vienna premiere of Don Giovanni
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo as Don Giovanni, Salzburg Festival 2014
Lorenzo Da Ponte
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Lorenzo Da Ponte was an Italian and American librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest. He wrote the libretti for 28 operas by 11 composers, including three of Mozart's most celebrated operas: The Ma
Don Giovanni
…Don Giovanni, literally 'The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanish legend about a libertine, Don Juan, as told by playwright Tirso de Molina in his 1630 play El burlador de Sevilla…
Lorenzo Da Ponte c. 1822
Republic of Venice, birthplace of Lorenzo Da Ponte
Painting of Venice, Italy, circa 1735, by artist Canaletto
Mozart's portrait. Da Ponte wrote numbers of his libretti, including 1786 comedy opera The Marriage of Figaro.