Komische Oper Berlin at Schillertheater
Don Giovanni/Requiem
Opera
Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Description
The »opera of all operas«, directed by Kirill Serebrennikov at the Schiller Theatre! After the tale of love and loss in Così fan tutte and the social disparities between servants and masters in The Marriage of Figaro, Serebrennikov now completes Mozart’s Da Ponte trilogy with arguably the most dangerous of the three operas ...
A gentleman who’s a playboy, a servant who’s tired of serving, and a long list of cheated women: Don Giovanni takes what he wants and knows how to throw a magnificent party. The servant Leporello grumbles under his master’s seductive exploits, as he’s the one who has to clean up afterward, comforting and even enlightening the duped. But when Don Giovanni kills the Commendatore in a duel over the honour of his daughter Donna Anna, even Leporello has had enough. But his master is already onto his next victim: Zerlina. It is only his former lover Elvira who refuses to countenance his betrayal and tries to warn the other women about the philanderer - of course in vain. Seducing and deceiving, Don Giovanni simply enjoys gambling with his life, until the ghosts of the past come to haunt him ...
With Don Giovanni, Mozart and Da Ponte successfully created a masterwork of the operatic canon. In this dramma giocoso or ‘lighthearted drama’, they achieved - through Mozart’s sophisticated psychological composition, spellbinding melodies, and brilliant instrumentation - an extraordinary study of human nature that, in Kirill Serebrennikov’s fearless hands, brings up compelling questions about sex, the power of seduction, the pursuit of individual freedom, and the right to defy societal norms.
BY THE WAY
Those curious to see more of Mozart, Da Ponte, and Serebrennikov can also see The Marriage of Figaro with us.
A gentleman who’s a playboy, a servant who’s tired of serving, and a long list of cheated women: Don Giovanni takes what he wants and knows how to throw a magnificent party. The servant Leporello grumbles under his master’s seductive exploits, as he’s the one who has to clean up afterward, comforting and even enlightening the duped. But when Don Giovanni kills the Commendatore in a duel over the honour of his daughter Donna Anna, even Leporello has had enough. But his master is already onto his next victim: Zerlina. It is only his former lover Elvira who refuses to countenance his betrayal and tries to warn the other women about the philanderer - of course in vain. Seducing and deceiving, Don Giovanni simply enjoys gambling with his life, until the ghosts of the past come to haunt him ...
With Don Giovanni, Mozart and Da Ponte successfully created a masterwork of the operatic canon. In this dramma giocoso or ‘lighthearted drama’, they achieved - through Mozart’s sophisticated psychological composition, spellbinding melodies, and brilliant instrumentation - an extraordinary study of human nature that, in Kirill Serebrennikov’s fearless hands, brings up compelling questions about sex, the power of seduction, the pursuit of individual freedom, and the right to defy societal norms.
BY THE WAY
Those curious to see more of Mozart, Da Ponte, and Serebrennikov can also see The Marriage of Figaro with us.
Cast
James Gaffigan
Musikalische Leitung
Oleksandr Yankevych
Musikalische Leitung
Kirill Serebrennikov
Inszenierung
David Cavelius
Chöre
Tatiana Dolmatovskaya
Co-Kostümbildnerin
Olaf Freese
Licht
Sophie Jira
Dramaturgie
Evgeny Kulagin
Choreografie
Olga Pavlyuk
Co-Bühnenbildnerin
Kirill Serebrennikov
Bühnenbild und Kostüme
Ilya Shagalov
Video
Hubert Zapiór
Don Giovanni
Kyle Miller
Don Giovanni
Adela Zaharia
Donna Anna
Kseniia Proshina
Donna Anna
Agustín Gómez
Don Ottavio
Tijl Faveyts
Commendatore
Andrew Harris
Commendatore
Bruno de Sá
Don Elviro
Tommaso Barea
Leporello
Philipp Meierhöfer
Masetto
Penny Sofroniadou
Zerlina
Chelsea Zurflüh
Zerlina
Penny Sofroniadou
Sopran
Chelsea Zurflüh
Sopran
Virginie Verrez
Alt
Susan Zarrabi
Alt
Agustín Gómez
Tenor
Tijl Faveyts
Bass
Andrew Harris
Bass
Chorsolisten der Komischen Oper Berlin
Chor
Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
Dates
Komische Oper Berlin at Schillertheater
Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin
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