Don Giovanni

E. T. A. Hoffmann described Don Giovanni as an “opera of all operas.” The philosopher Søren Kierkegaard even gave the work a place in his main script, where the title hero is described as an “incarnation of the genius of everything sensual.” Don Giovanni is regarded either as an erotic womanizer or a nefarious lustful, as an incarnate Dionysus or a despicable sex offender. In Roland Schwab's production, too, he meets us fragmented. Driven by an insatiable desire for more, he tumbles between party excess, orgy of violence and ascetic seclusion. For the first time here at the house, you can experience Iurii Samoilov as the “seducer of all seducers” as well as in the role of Donna Elvira Olga Peretyatko. On the other hand, you may be very familiar with Tommaso Barea, who returns here as Giovanni's cynical servant Leporello after his great success in 2023. Stefano Montanari will conduct this revival in his traditional field before presenting himself from a completely different angle with the premiere of Otello.

Dramma giocoso in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte Premiered on October 29, 1787 in Prague Premiere at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on October 16, 2010