Don Giovanni

Authors

UNLV Symphony Orchestra
Christine Seitz, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
George Stelluto, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Document Type

Music Program

Publication Date

3-11-2007

Publication Title

UNLV Opera Theatre

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. School of Music

Publisher Location

Las Vegas (Nev.)

First page number:

1

Last page number:

16

Abstract

Don Giovanni premiered in Prague on October 27 1787, following the tremendous success of Mozart's opera Le nozze di Figaro (The marriage of Figaro) that premiered in Prague the previous year. Uniquely dubbed a 'dramma giocoso,' Don Giovanni was formed by Mozart and the librettist Lorenzo da Ponte (who also collaborated on Le nozze di Figaro) into a two-act opera that focuses on Don Juan's (Don Giovanni's) last day on Earth. Da Ponte, who was inspired by content from other operas dealing with the same subject, was acquainted with the famous libertine, Casanova. Legends claim that Casanova worked a few of his own lines into the text Myths also link the violent and depressing nature of Giovanni 's downfall with the recent death of Mozart's father Leopold. Don Giovanni was very successful in Prague, but the Viennese public had difficulty understanding the complex and dramatic nature of the music.

Disciplines

Music | Music Performance

File Format

pdf

File Size

900 KB

Language

English

Comments

Best copy available

Rights

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Repository Citation

UNLV Symphony Orchestra, Seitz, C., Stelluto, G. (2007). Don Giovanni. UNLV Opera Theatre 1-16.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/music_opera/3