DMMO - Don Giovanni

EVENING SHOWS June 22 | June 29 | July 7 | July 12
SUNDAY MATINEES June 24 | July 15

Don Giovanni, ossia Il dissoluto punito; K. 527
(Don Giovanni, or The Libertine Punished)

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

A Dramma giocosa in two acts
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
First performance: Prague; National Theatre, October 29, 1787
Performed in Italian with English supertitles above the stage

Don Giovanni has been called the greatest opera ever written - a judgment made mostly on the basis of the sublime music that Mozart penned for a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. This is theatre that transcends 18th century stage conventions to strike at the soul of modern man with a tale of love, lust and violence combined with humor and charm. Mozart recreates the legend of a profligate Spanish nobleman for whom life is a collection of empty amorous conquests and who faces his final moments proud and unrelenting in the face of eternal damnation. Seen previously in the 10th and 25th Anniversary years, this magnificent score returns to the stage fifteen years later for Des Moines Metro Opera’s 40th Anniversary Season.

CAST:

(In order of vocal appearance)

Leporello, servant to Don Giovanni

Rod Nelman

Donna Anna, betrothed to Don Ottavio

Marjorie Owens

Don Giovanni, a licentious nobleman

Michael Mayes

The Commendatore, father of Donna Anna

Stefan Szkafarowsky

Don Ottavio, a nobleman

Matthew Plenk

Donna Elvira, a lady from Burgos

Brenda Harris

Zerlina, a peasant girl

Zulimar López-Hernández

Masetto, a peasant

Edward Hanlon

Peasants, Servants and Demons

PRODUCTION:

Conductor:

David Neely

Stage Director:

Tim Ocel

Associate Conductor:

Michael Sakir

Assistant Stage Director:

Andrew Ryker

Chorus Master:

Lisa Hasson

Musical Preparation:

Elden Little

Set Designer:

Andrew Boyce

Costume Supervisor:

Robin McGee

Lighting Designer:

Barry Steele

Make-Up/Hair Designer:

Sarah Hatten for Elsen and Associates

Costumes:

Howard Tsvi Kaplan

Choreographer:

John de los Santos

Stage Combat Director:

Brian Robertson

Cast, production and opera are subject to change without notice.

SYNOPSIS:
SETTING: Spain, 17th Century