Don Giovanni: Paris Opera
About the Event
Who is Don Juan? The question remains unanswered, for this character, seen throughout history as a “great lord and wicked man”, a charming seducer, or a toxic predator, defies any definitive description. In his opera, premiered in Prague in 1787 with the complicity of his librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart does not resolve Don Giovanni’s contradictions, but rather establishes the myth through its expressive power and tragic depth.
From the breathtaking overture to the fatal dinner with the Commendatore, not to mention the catalogue aria, his dramma giocoso, a subtle blend of comedy and drama, leaves no one unmoved. Director Louisa Proske, making her debut at the Paris Opera, sets the action in a grand hotel, a place where social structures can be transgressed and the protagonists’ deepest fantasies revealed.
Cast / Production
Creative team
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Music (1756‐1791)
Lorenzo Da Ponte
Libretto
Finnegan Downie Dear
Conductor (jan., fév.)
Stephanie Childress
Conductor (mai, juin)
Ching‐Lien Wu
Chorus master (jan., fév.)
Alessandro Di Stefano
Chorus master (mai, juin)
Louisa Proske
Director
Christof Hetzer
Set design
Kaye Voyce
Costume design
Valerio Tiberi
Lighting design
Jorrell Lawyer‐Jefferson
Choreographer
Cast
Peter Mattei
Don Giovanni (Jan., Feb.)
Davide Luciano
Don Giovanni (May, June)
Slávka Zámečníková
Donna Anna (Jan., Feb.)
Jeanine De Bique
Donna Anna (May, June)
Amitai Pati
Don Ottavio (Jan., Feb.)
Manase Latu
Don Ottavio (May, June)
Kwangchul Youn
Il Commendatore (Jan., Feb.)
Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Il Commendatore (May, June)
Jacquelyn Stucker
Donna Elvira (Jan., Feb.)
Tara Erraught
Donna Elvira (May, June)
Joshua Bloom
Leporello
Vartan Gabrielian
Masetto (Jan., Feb.)
Morgan‐Andrew King
Masetto (May, June)
Elena Villalón
Zerlina (28 Jan. › 16 Feb.)
Ilanah Lobel‐Torres
Zerlina (19 26 Feb.)
Patricia Nolz
Zerlina (May, June)
The Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus
