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Don Giovanni
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Don Giovanni is one of the world’s most performed operas for good reason. Director Sir Thomas Allen – whose 2019 revival of The Magic Flute was a sell-out success – returns to direct his stunning production, with a special performance on 5 June marking Scottish Opera’s 60th Birthday.
In the backstreets of 17th-century Venice, hunting ground of the amorous, Don Giovanni waits. A mercurial rogue who flits from irresistible charm to brute violence in a heartbeat, he is the ultimate antihero – and he is about to suffer the ultimate reckoning.
Dark, atmospheric, and bursting with life, this is full-blooded opera at its best. Allen’s compelling production is the perfect partner to the drama in Mozart’s score. The exciting cast includes Roland Wood (Falstaff 2021) and name-to-watch Jonathan McGovern (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2022) sharing the title role. The three women who join forces against the Don are sung by Hye-Youn Lee (Nixon in China 2020), Kitty Whately (Hansel and Gretel On Screen 2021), and 2021-23 Emerging Artist Lea Shaw (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2022).
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Revival of the 2013 production Supported by The Scottish Opera Syndicate
May – June 2022
Theatre Royal Glasgow 15 May 3pm, 18 • 21 May 7.15pm 23 • 25 June 7.15pm Access Don Giovanni 24 June 3pm Eden Court, Inverness 24 • 26 • 28 May 7.15pm Access Don Giovanni 27 May 3pm Festival Theatre Edinburgh 5 June 3pm, 7 • 9 • 11 June 7.15pm Access Don Giovanni 10 June 3pm His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen 16 • 18 June 7.15pm Access Don Giovanni 17 June 3pm Running time approx. 3 hrs 20 mins Interval 20 mins Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Conductors Stuart Stratford (15 May–25 June) & Derek Clark (16–18 June) Director Sir Thomas Allen Designer Simon Higlett Lighting Designer Mark Jonathan Choreographer Kally Lloyd-Jones
Don Giovanni Roland Wood (15 May–7 June) & Jonathan McGovern (9–25 June) Leporello Zachary Altman Donna Anna Hye-Youn Lee Commendatore Keel Watson Don Ottavio Pablo Bemsch Donna Elvira Kitty Whately Zerlina Lea Shaw Masetto Emyr Wyn Jones
