Don Giovanni: Essential Opera
In-Theatre Performance
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Seating will be limited to 300 attendees, and patrons will be seated in a socially-distanced configuration. Safety protocols will be followed to ensure the safety of all patrons, staff, and artists. Click here for details. This performance will be approx. 90 minutes with no intermission.
| Location | Date and Time |
| Schuster Center | February 27, 2021 3:00 pm |
| Schuster Center | February 27, 2021 8:00 pm |
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Available for on-demand viewing after Virtual Stream premiere
This performance will be live-streamed as it is performed live in theater so that audience members can enjoy this concert in real time from the comfort of home. The performance stream will be available for on demand viewing through June 30, 2021.
| Location | Date and time |
| Virtual | February 27, 2021 8:00 pm |
About Virtual Streams
Enjoy DPAA Virtual Streams performances from Dayton Opera, Dayton Ballet, and Dayton Philharmonic from the safety and comfort of home. The in-theater performance of this program will be recorded and will be available after its premiere for on demand viewing through June 30, 2021.
| Location | Date and time |
| Virtual | March 5, 2021 8:00 pm |
Don Giovanni: Essential Opera
Duration of performance: approx. 90 minutes (no intermission)
Music by WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Libretto by LORENZO DA PONTE
in Italian with English surtitles
DAYTON OPERA
THOMAS BANKSTON Artistic Director
GARY BRIGGLE Stage Director
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
NEAL GITTLEMAN Artistic Director and Conductor
NORMAN GARRETT baritone – Don Giovanni
KARA SHAY THOMSON soprano – Donna Anna
KASIA BOROWIEC soprano – Donna Elvira
JOSHUA WHEEKER tenor – Don Ottavio
NATHAN STARK bass – Leporello
HAROLD WILSON bass – Commendatore
OLIVIA YOKERS soprano – Zerlina
ANDRÉ CHANG baritone – Masetto
Don Giovanni: Essential Opera presents this essential work of the opera repertory in a way that responds to the needs of our current times and to our artists and audience. The performance will focus on the essence of the music and drama in an abridged, 90-minute production (with no intermission) that captures all of Mozart’s greatness in an exciting and 21st century way. This compact format will adhere to social distancing and other health parameters for a welcomed and safe experience for both our artists and audience.
Don Giovanni is one of opera’s most compelling anti-heroes. Based on legends of the infamous Don Juan, the tale follows the title character through seduction, deception, ominous foreshadowing, and irreverent reveling, all the way to a hair-raising ending where things get a little “heated,” and our rapscallion gets his just rewards! It’s no wonder that Don Giovanni is one of Mozart’s supreme musical achievements and is considered one of the greatest operas of all time.