Promoter
Companhia de Ópera do Castelo - Associação Cultural
Brief Introduction
DON GIOVANNI W. Amadeus Mozart
30. 31. AUG 2. 4. SEP, 21h00
Open-air amphitheatre Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Great Classics
Sung in Italian
Subtilled in Portuguese and English
Length: 2h30
Operafest Lisboa & Oeiras led by soprano Catarina Molder, produced by Ópera do Castelo, is back to its 5th Edition from August 22nd to September 11th with great new venues!
Lisboa & Oeiras will vibrate with exciting opera for everyone under the moto of “Basic Instinct” evoking our attraction to extreme situations and celebrating the genius of Luís Vaz de Camões on the 500th anniversary of his birth with a programme including Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci”, Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”, for the entire family “Little Thumb” by Isabelle Aboulker, “Torment” based on Canto V from Camões’ The Lusiads and much more!
Welcome to Operafest and the tragic world of opera!
Another great classic with a new partner, staged at the epicentre of the capital, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation's open-air amphitheatre, right in the city center. Once again, the piece adheres to the Basic Instinct theme, but this time in a palatial context. We’re talking about Don Giovanni, by the brilliant W. A. Mozart, with Lorenzo da Ponte’s masterful libretto telling us the tale of the serial seducer, aided by his faithful servant Leporello, who became a victim of his own scheming.
Synopsis
The nobleman Don Giovanni has thousands of lovers all over the world: young, old, fat, thin, blonde or brunette, experienced or novice. Being a woman is qualification enough for the predator not to resist the Basic Instinct of seducing and cheating them. After one of his conquests goes awry, Don Giovanni accidentally kills the father of one of his victims, who returns as a ghost to drag him into hell. Madness or divine punishment, the performance features the energy and provocation of actor and director João Pedro Mamede in a new interpretation of this myth. Under the musical direction of conductor Pedro Carneiro, the top-notch national cast is led by Columbian baritone Christian Luján, all accompanied by the Orquestra de Câmara Portuguesa.
Artistic Team
Musical director: Pedro Carneiro
Stage director: João Pedro Mamede
Set design: Daniela Cardante
Costums: Patrícia Costa
Lighting design: Sérgio Moreira
Don Giovanni: Christian Luján
Leporello: Luís Rodrigues
Comendador: Nuno Dias
Donna Anna: Patrícia Modesto
Donna Elvira: Rafaela Albuquerque
Zerlina: Cecília Rodrigues
Don Ottavio: Alberto Sousa
Masetto: Tiago Amado Gomes
Operafest Lisboa Chorus
Conductor: Filipa Palhares
Orquestra de Câmara Portuguesa
Additional Information
RECOMMENDATION
We recommend the audience to ware arm clothing
Prices
Preço Inteiro - 35€
DESCONTOS:
Grupos 4 ou mais | Jovens até 30 anos | Prof. do espetáculo
