Time 19:00
The Royal Theatre in the Old Orangery in the Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote Don Giovanni in 1787, commissioned by the Prague opera, just a year after its audience enthusiastically welcomed Le nozze di Figaro. Faced with such success, then 22-year-old composer was soon asked to quickly create a new piece. Lorenzo da Ponte, librettist, with whom Mozart had many times cooperated before, suggested to write about Don Juan, the lecher. And so, Da Ponte took Burlador de Sevilla (The Seducer of Sevilla), a drama by Tirso de Molina, for the base of his perfect libretto. He also drew inspiration from Molière’s play. The subject turned out to be incredibly inspiring for the young Mozart. Very shortly, he managed to create a piece which dazzled with its originality of musical arrangements, perfection of form and maturity of sound.
Although Mozart listed the piece as simply opera buffa in his private catalogue, this work is often classified as a narrower genre – dramma giocoso (a jocular drama), since the Viennese genius crossed over the boundaries of established form and masterfully subordinated music to the dramatic events. By interweaving tragic and humorous elements, he was able to create a musical reality which perfectly rendered the complexity of the story and deepened the delineation of individual characters.
Don Giovanni holds an important position in the repertoire of the world’s most renown opera theatres. Ever since its premiere in Prague in 1787 up to the end of the 18th century, as well as throughout the whole 19th century, there was no single year in which Don Giovanni wouldn’t be staged. What is more, its unparalleled popularity hasn’t faded away during the 20th and into the 21st century. The documentation of numerous productions over the centuries shows names of the most famous conductors and singers, including: Ezio Pinza, Thomas Allen, Fiorenza Cossotto, Kiri Te Kanawa, Claudio Desderi, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Herbert von Krajan, Karl Böhm and many others.
STAGING, DESIGN, DIRECTING RYSZARD PERYT
COSTUME DESIGNER MARLENA SKONECZKO
LIGHTING PIOTR RUDZKI
PROJECTIONS MAREK ZAMOJSKI
CHORUS MASTER LILIANNA KRYCH
PERFORMERS
SOLOISTS OF THE POLISH ROYAL OPERA
THE ORCHESTRA OF THE POLISH ROYAL OPERA
Seats are not numbered.
The performance in the original language with subtitles in Polish.
PLEASE NOTE: the entrance to the Royal Theatre in the Łazienki Park is located in ul. Agrykola.
One hour before the performance, and also for an hour after its end, the audience can use the electric cart running between the Royal Theater and the Łazienki Gate at the corner of Myśliwiecka / Agrykola streets.
We kindly encourage you to read the rules of participation in cultural events organized by the Polish Royal Opera:
- If you are not feeling well, are ill, had contact with an infected person – stay home.
- Please, take a mask with you. After entering the Theatre building you are obliged to wear a mask covering mouth and nose.
- Allow temperature check at the entrance.
- Disinfect your hands after entering the Theatre building.
- Please remember to sign the Participant Declaration. If possible, please bring the printed and signed declaration with you, if not – fill it in in the Theatre, in the place shown by the staff.
- Should the cloakroom be closed on the day of event, please take your outerwear to the auditorium
- Take the seat shown to you by the staff.
- Please come earlier – latecomers will not be allowed into the auditorium.
We care about the safety of our Guests!
- Disinfectants are available at the entrance to the building.
- Upon your entrance, audience service personnel may check your temperature.
- The common space and sanitary rooms are disinfected.
- Only 25% maximum of the seats in the auditorium will be available.
- We keep safe distance.
Should you have questions, we are at your disposal on site or under the phone number +48 500 309 424.
