Opera Omaha | Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni

Oct 18 20 2024

SHOW INFORMATION

Dates

Oct 18, 2024	7:30 PM
Oct 20, 2024	2:00 PM

Venue

Orpheum Theater

409 S 16th St
Omaha, NE 68102

Location

OVERVIEW

Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Composed, 1787. Last performed at Opera Omaha, 2011.

The performance runs approximately 2 hours and 50 minutes with one 20 minute intermission.

Things to know before you go

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

Opera's original bad boy.

Step into a world of seduction and vengeance with Mozart’s timeless masterpiece, Don Giovanni. The famous libertine Don Giovanni leaves lovers, friends, and enemies in his wake with no regard for the consequences. His heartless deceptions invite us to ask ourselves: do we get what we deserve in the end? Don Giovanni resonates in your soul long after the final note.

Conductor Judith Yan (Suor Angelica) and director Kristine McIntyre lead a film noir-inspired Giovanni set in the 1930s.

SYNOPSIS

Act I

SETTING: AMERICA, 1950’S
At night, in the street outside the Commendatore’s house, Leporello bemoans his fate working for the dissolute Don Giovanni. Suddenly Giovanni runs into the street pursued by Donna Anna, the Commendatore’s daughter, who accuses him of trying to attack her. The Commendatore rushes to his daughter’s aid and is killed by Giovanni. Anna asks her fiancé, Don Ottavio, to avenge her father’s death.
At a café the next morning, Giovanni and Leporello encounter one of Giovanni’s former conquests, Donna Elvira, who is still angry at Giovanni’s betrayal. Leporello tries to discourage her from pursuing Giovanni by showing her his catalogue with the name of every woman Giovanni has seduced.
Meanwhile, Masetto and Zerlina celebrate their upcoming wedding with friends. Don Giovanni asks Leporello to get rid of the groom. Alone with Zerlina, Giovanni persuades her to come away with him. Before they can leave, Elvira interrupts them and leads Zerlina away. Momentarily thwarted, Giovanni greets the mourning Anna and Ottavio, only to be embarrassed by the persistent Elvira, who denounces him as a seducer. Trying to dismiss her as a madwoman, he ushers Elvira off. Anna, in horror, recognizes him as her father’s murderer and calls on Ottavio to avenge her honor.
Later that afternoon, Giovanni looks forward to an evening of partying he has arranged in Zerlina’s honor. Zerlina begs the furious Masetto to forgive her. Anna, Ottavio, and Elvira arrive in disguise, swearing vengeance, and Giovanni tells Leporello to invite them in.
Inside Giovanni’s nightclub, Leporello distracts Masetto while Giovanni dances with Zerlina, trying to drag her into an adjoining room. When Zerlina cries for help, Anna, Elvira, and Ottavio unmask and confront Giovanni, who escapes.

Act II

Under Elvira’s balcony, Leporello exchanges clothes with Giovanni to woo the lady in his
master’s stead. Giovanni scares Leporello and Elvira off, leaving him free to serenade Elvira’s
maid. When Masetto arrives with his friends to punish Giovanni, the disguised Don tricks
Masetto and beats him up. Zerlina tenderly consoles him.
Elvira follows the disguised Leporello into a dimly lit church. Leporello tries to escape, but is
discovered by Anna, Ottavio, Zerlina, and Masetto. Mistaking servant for master, they join in
denouncing the supposed Don. Leporello reveals his identity and manages to escape. Ottavio
asks Zerlina and Masetto to comfort the distraught Anna and go to the authorities for help. Left
alone, Elvira thinks about her love for Giovanni in spite of everything.
Leporello finds Giovanni in a cemetery, where a statue commemorating the Commendatore
warns Giovanni of his doom. The Don forces the terrified Leporello to invite the statue to
dinner only to be surprised by the Commendatore himself.
Ottavio urges Anna to stop grieving and accept his love. She implores him to wait until her
father is avenged.
Late that night in the empty club, Giovanni orders Leporello to serve supper. Elvira arrives and
attempts to persuade Giovanni to reform his ways, but he sends her away.
In a final confrontation with the Commendatore, Giovanni is finally forced to pay for his crimes.

CREATIVE TEAM

Judith Yan

Conductor

Kristine McIntyre

Director

Marcus Dilliard

Lighting Designer

Ronell Oliveri

Wig & Makeup Designer

R. Keith Brumley

Scenic Desginer

Mary Traylor

Costume Designer

CAST

Craig Verm

Don Giovanni

Zachary Nelson

Leporello

Teresa Perrotta

Donna Anna

Mary Evelyn Hangley

Donna Elvira

Erika Baikoff

Zerlina

Terrence Chin-Loy

Don Ottavio

Markel Reed

Masetto

Andrew Potter

Commendatore

Opera Omaha Chorus

Production Staff

Omaha Symphony

PROGRAM BOOK

PRODUCTION SPONSOR

Conagra Brands Foundation

ARTIST SPONSOR

Dr. and Mrs. James and Susan Tracy

SEASON SPONSORS

Omaha Steaks

Holland Foundation

NAC

NCE

DOUGLAS County

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