Don Giovanni

Seducer, transgressor, free spirit: the myth of Don Juan is one of the most influential narratives in European cultural history. The character finds perhaps his most radical musical embodiment in Mozart’s Don Giovanni . Since its premiere in Prague in 1787, the opera has captivated audiences as a multi-layered portrait of a man who crosses every moral, social, and emotional boundary. It is not without reason that E. T. A. Hoffmann called the work „the opera of all operas.“

Don Giovanni lives for the moment, to excess. Driven by lust, a will to power, and a contempt for death, he restlessly pursues new conquests - stopping at nothing, not even violence or murder. His claim to freedom is radical, ruthless, and destructive. Mozart and his librettist, Lorenzo Da Ponte, craft this portrait with a unique balance of comic intrigue and profound tragedy.

In one of the greatest scores in operatic history, Mozart composed music that acts as a driving dramatic force, deriving its form from a dynamic of constant boundary-crossing. Virtuosic ensembles, sharply defined characters, and abrupt shifts in mood make Don Giovanni a work of electrifying theatrical energy.

Director Anna-Sophie Mahler, known for her deeply compelling productions, makes her debut at the Tiroler Landestheater with this work, approaching the archetypal seducer from a decidedly female perspective. Chief Conductor Gerrit Prießnitz takes the helm as musical director of this masterpiece.

Introduction 20 minutes before the performance
Recommended age: 14 and up

program

Don Giovanni

Dramma giocoso in zwei Akten von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto von Lorenzo Da Ponte

In italienischer Sprache mit deutschen Übertiteln

Place

Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck (English: Tyrolean State Theatre) is the state theatre in Innsbruck, Austria, located near the historic Altstadt (Old Town) section of the city. The theatre is surrounded by Imperial Hofburg, the Hofgarten, and SOWI Faculty of the University of Innsbruck. The main theatre has about 800 seats and the studio theatre in the basement has around 250. Plays, operas, operettas, musicals and dance theatre are performed at the theatre.