Dramma giocoso in two acts Libretto by LORENZO DA PONTS Music by Mozart (sung in Italian) direct from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
After various amorous adventures, mostly unsuccessful, the notorious rake is dragged down to hell by the statue of a man he killed in a duel.
COVENT GARDEN CHORUS chorus-master DOUGLAS ROBINSON ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE. COVENT GARDEN leader CHARLES TAYLOR conductor COLIN DAVIS
Act 1 Sc 1: Outside the Commendatore's house; Sc 2: A street in a village; Sc 3: Near Don Giovanni 's house; Sc 4: Outside Don Giovanni 's house; Sc 5: The ballroom in Don Giovanni 's house t.S* A Model Don Juan ?
In 1641 Miguel Manara , born in Seville of Corsican parents, saw the play, El Burlador de Sevilla, and announced ' I will become Don Juan. '
JILL BALCON reads his story from Granite Island by DOROTHY CARRINGTON
9.25* Don Giovanni
Act 2 Sc 1: Outside Donna Elvira 's lodging; Sc 2: A dark courtyard; Sc 3: In Donna Elvira's house; Sc 4: A church-yard; Sc 5: In Donna Anna 's house; Sc 6: The hall in Don Giovanni 's house