Don Giovanni (1787)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:UNESCO_Memory_of_the_World_(Mozart's_autograph_score)
gptkbp:basedOn Don Juan legend
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:K._527
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Prague_Opera
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Così_fan_tutte
gptkbp:genre dramma giocoso
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Don Giovanni (1787)
gptkbp:influenced Romantic opera
19th-century composers
gptkbp:language gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Lorenzo_Da_Ponte
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Don_Giovanni
gptkb:Commendatore
gptkb:Don_Ottavio
gptkb:Donna_Anna
gptkb:Donna_Elvira
gptkb:Leporello
gptkb:Masetto
gptkb:Zerlina
gptkbp:musicalPeriod Classical
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Dalla_sua_pace
gptkb:Deh_vieni_alla_finestra
gptkb:Fin_ch'han_dal_vino
gptkb:Il_mio_tesoro
gptkb:Là_ci_darem_la_mano
gptkb:Madamina,_il_catalogo_è_questo
gptkbp:notableFeature blend of comedy, melodrama, and supernatural elements
innovative orchestration
frequent use of ensembles
overture foreshadows final scene
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Glyndebourne_Festival_Opera_productions
gptkb:Joseph_Losey_film_adaptation_(1979)
Salzburg Festival productions
gptkbp:notableQuote "This is the punishment of a sinner!"
gptkbp:notableRecording 1959 recording by Carlo Maria Giulini
1977 recording by Herbert von Karajan
1990 recording by Riccardo Muti
gptkbp:numberOfActs 2
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Le_nozze_di_Figaro
gptkbp:premiereDate 1787-10-29
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Estates_Theatre,_Prague
gptkbp:setIn gptkb:Spain
gptkbp:structure overture and two acts
gptkbp:subject morality
retribution
seduction
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Donna_Anna
gptkb:Il_Commendatore
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6