Organization

Singer

Baritone

Raymond Ayers

Don Giovanni

Nikola Diskić

Bass

Sung Ha

Commendatore

Young Doo Park

Soprano

Estelle Kruger

Donna Anna

Dorothea Herbert

Tenor

Joshua Whitener

Don Ottavio

Juraj Hollý

Ludovica Bello

Donna Elvira

Marie-Belle Sandis

Bartosz Urbanowicz

Leporello

Patrick Zielke

Marcel Brunner

Masetto

Ilya Lapich

Amelia Scicolone

Zerlina

Iris Marie Sojer

Conductor

Alexander Soddy

Matthew Toogood

Stage director

Ekaterina Vasilyova

Set designer

Sonya Kobozeva

Lighting designer

Florian Arnholdt

Chorus master

Dani Juris

Dramaturge

Jan Dvořák

Nationaltheater Mannheim

Italian

Mannheim

Germany

Nationaltheater

Public

German

Approved

God and the world, love and sex, guilt and punishment and all the rest is what »Don Giovanni«, premiered in 1787 at the Count Nostitz National Theater in Prague, is all about. For the "Mannheim Summer" Mozart's master opera became the occasion for a directing competition. The 27-year-old Russian Ekaterina Vasileva and her stage and costume designer Sonya Kobozeva prevailed from 50 submissions from seven countries; it is their first production in Germany. The director had come up with by far the most unusual concept in the competition – a concept that, in a sense, breaks the boundaries of common sense and good taste. Because Vasileva focuses on the comedic aspect of Mozart's work and creates a grotesquely exaggerated and disproportionate world for it. The images of men and women in the piece are enlarged like comics and made the basis of a dramaturgy of surprises and malice. Musical direction: Alexander Soddy Production: Ekaterina Vasileva Set and costumes: Sonya Kobozeva Light: Nicole Berry Dramaturgy: Jan Dvořák Choir: Dani Juris Don Giovanni: Raymond Ayers / Nikola Diskic Il Commendatore: Sung Ha Donna Anna: Estelle Kruger / Dorothea Herbert Don Ottavio: Joshua Whitener / Juraj Holly Donna Elvira: Ludovica Bello / Marie-Belle Sandis Leporello: Bartosz Urbanowicz / Patrick Zielke Masetto: Ilya Lapich / Marcel Brunner Zerlina: Amelia Scicolone / Iris Marie Sojer

»Don Giovanni« von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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