Opera Project

Opera Project and Tobacco Factory Theatres return to Mozart and, for many, the greatest opera ever written.

Within minutes of the opera opening, Don Giovanni is involved in a duel with the Commendatore, whose daughter Anna he has abducted. The Commendatore is killed and the tone is set for a series of brutal escapades, culminating in a graveyard where Giovanni invites the statue of the Commendatore to dinner. Unbelievably for the Don, the statue accepts and the opera reaches its climax in the famous supper scene during which Giovanni is dragged to hell.

This is the story of a man entirely driven by desire for sexual conquest, a desire that not only controls his own life but those around him. This tale of seduction, murder and divine retribution is nevertheless richly imbued with darkly comic episodes, provided by the fast and furious interplay between Giovanni and his servant Leporello, one of opera’s most memorable creations.

Opera Project have assembled a spectacular line-up for this one, with the brilliant George von Bergen in the title role, leading a cast almost entirely new to Tobacco Factory Theatres. Jonathan Lyness conducts another of his superb orchestral arrangements and Richard Studer brings an unexpected twist to the story.