Don Giovanni: Birgitta Festival

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Enjoy one of Mozart's most famous operas — Don Giovanni — at the Birgitta Festival.

Don Giovanni is a young nobleman. After a life of amorous conquests, he meets defeat in his three encounters: with Donna Elvira, whom he has deserted although she still follows him; with Donna Anna, whose father, the Commendatore, Giovanni has killed while escaping from an unsuccessful attempt at seduction and as a result postpones her marriage to Don Ottavio; and with Zerlina, whom he vainly tries to lure from her fiance, the peasant Mazetto. All three – Donna Elvira, Donna Anna, and Zerlina – vow vengeance on the Don and his harassed servant, Leporello. Donna Elvira eventually weakens in her resolution, and attempts reconciliation hoping that the Don reforms to her. Don Giovanni’s destruction and deliverance to hell are effected by the cemetery statue of the Commendatore, who had accepted the libertine’s invitation to supper.

The Birgitta Festival of the Tallinn Philharmonic Society combines the dark charm of a medieval convent in Tallinn, Estonia with the latest in modern musical theatre in all its variety and richness.

Production
Joint production of the Garsington Opera (UK) and the Birgitta Festival
Conductor: Eri Klas
Director: Daniel Slater
Artist: Leslie Travers
Lighting: Bruno Poet
Choreography: Ran Arthur Braun

Cast
Lauri Vasar, Aile Asszonyi, Joshua Bloom, Natasha Jouhl, Callum Thorpe, Jesus Leon, Mary Bewan et al.
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Festival choir


Gates open two hours before the scheduled starting time of a performance. The Ribe Summer Terrace and Altia wine cellar also open at that time.