Organization

Singer

Baritone

Günter Papendell

Don Giovanni

Bass

Tijl Faveyts

Commendatore

Soprano

Nadja Mchantaf

Donna Anna

Tenor

Stefan Cifolelli

Don Ottavio

Karolina Gumos

Donna Elvira

Philipp Meierhöfer

Leporello

Nikita Voronchenko

Masetto

Josefine Mindus

Zerlina

Stage director

Herbert Fritsch

Conductor

Anthony Bramall

Lighting designer

Franck Evin

Costume designer

Victoria Behr

Set designer

Dramaturge

Johanna Wall

Sabrina Zwach

Chorus master

David Cavelius

Komische Oper Berlin

Others

Chor der Komischen Oper Berlin

Orchestra

Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

German

Berlin

Germany

Komische Oper

Don Giovanni Mozart

Public

Approved

Don Juan, der Inbegriff des Verführers, inspirierte Mozart zu einer seiner schillerndsten Opern – frivol, witzig und tiefgründig in einem. Regisseur Herbert ...

Director Herbert Fritsch becomes a deserter, abandoning the norm with his reading of Don Giovanni »for virtuosically arranged nonsense« that »gives the audience freedom of thought.« [FAZ] Honing in on Don Juan’s archetypal core, Fritsch brings him to life as a malicious harlequin – a shameless loser, at once side-splittingly funny and irresistible, framed by the tender, playful and dark edges of Mozart’s music. An »intelligent, fascinating presentation, miles away from all platitudes.« [klassik.com]

No other work by Mozart demonstrates in such consistent fashion his unbridled attack on every convention - not only in terms of content, but also with regard to form. New characters tumble on-stage with such abandon that nothing links them aside from the constantly fleeing protagonist. The first act has a finale with murder in the air and right until the bitter and absurd end the action proceeds at a rapid pace, in a topsy-turvy fashion. But everything is bathed in celestially beautiful tones. In his version of Don Giovanni director Herbert Fritsch homes in on the archetypal core of Don Juan and brings him to life as a malicious harlequin – a loser, audacious, at once side-splittingly funny and irresistible, enveloped in the lascivious and playful, deep black apex of the music of Mozart.

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