Don Giovanni
From eros to death: ruthless and driven, the lecherous Don Giovanni pursues his way through the night, seduction, murder, escape, masquerade and orgy until hell finally welcomes him. Since its premiere in Prague in 1787, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's and Lorenzo da Ponte's Don Giovann i has remained timelessly relevant and is considered an unrivaled peak work of the opera genre, in which comic and tragic elements are congenially fused.
In his controversial production, director Sebastian Baumgarten worked out what was offensive and morally reprehensible about Don Giovanni in the perception of a thoroughly liberalized 21st century. He placed the play in the sanctuary of a sectarian community into which Don Giovanni invades with his debauchery and whose values he undermines.
For this year's revival we were able to win Luca Pisaroni as Don Giovanni, who was last heard in Zurich in Donizetti's Anna Bolena . The women at his side are Jane Archibald as Donna Anna and – for the first time in Zurich – the Danish soprano Sine Bundgaard as Donna Elvira. The German Andreas Wolf introduces himself as Leporello, while the Swiss Mauro Peter sings Don Ottavio again. One can also look forward to the conducting of the Italian Riccardo Minasi, who has a background in historical performance practice and has already provided many great Mozart moments in Zurich.
