Royal Opera: Don Giovanni

Delayed live screening from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Sung in Italian with English surtitles.
Stars: Erwin Schrott, Roberto Tagliavini

Mon 21 Oct 7pm      Book Now

Duration: 210 mins
AGE Rating: Cert 12A
Adults £15
Seniors £12.50
Under 18s £10

Kasper Holten’s visually striking production accentuates the beauty and invention of Mozart’s dazzling tragicomedy. Erwin Schrott is the Don with Roberto Tagliavini as Leporello.
The impulsive, charismatic Don Giovanni is a serial seducer, accompanied by his long-suffering servant Leporello. But when Don Giovanni commits murder, he unleashes a dark power beyond his control.
Don Giovanni is the second of Mozart’s landmark collaborations with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte (after The Marriage of Figaro and before Così fan tutte). In it they created a work that has beguiled and entranced in equal measure since its premiere in 1787. Perfectly situated, as no other opera, between tragedy and comedy, this potent drama combines glorious music with a seductive central character who is endlessly fascinating in his complexity.

Kasper Holten’s 2014 production for The Royal Opera casts Don Giovanni as an artist who thrives on an audience enticed by his creative gifts. The visually spectacular set by award-winning designer Es Devlin features ingenious video designs by Luke Halls which provide an insight into the characters’ thoughts and emotions. But at the production’s heart are the beauty and invention of Mozart’s dazzling score.
The performance lasts about 3 hours 30 minutes, including one interval