Don Giovanni at Den Norske Opera & Ballett

Don Giovanni is attractive and repulsive at the same time, a character who, with scrupulous honesty, recklessly lives out his urges and satisfies his desires. Those who encounter him find themselves in an intractable dilemma: they cannot live with Giovanni, nor can they live without him.

Mozart and Da Ponte's opera plays out the conflicts between reason and passion, the laws of society and the freedom of the individual. Here are the great arias and expressive recitatives of baroque opera, along with the lively characterisation and ground-breaking orchestration that prefigure the 20th century.

Don Giovanni has inspired thinkers from Lord Byron to Kierkegaard and is considered to be the most influential music drama before Wagner. The title role is played by Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, critically acclaimed for his magnificent voice and on-stage presence.