Don Giovanni
Dramma giocoso (playful drama)
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Premiere: July 24, 2025
The notorious seducer Don Giovanni charms, indulges in life’s pleasures, and takes the world (and the ladies!) by storm. Driven by insatiable desire, he continues his pursuit of new conquests until the day comes when he is called to account for his actions.
This is how the theme of the opera Don Giovanni has often been portrayed throughout the ages. In Confidencen’s production, director Deda Christina Colonna looks at the work with different eyes and offers a fresh perspective, revisiting the nuances present at its first performance. She explains:
“Traditionally, the lead character in Mozart’s Don Giovanni is portrayed as cruel, violent, callous and a brutally sex-driven character, often bordering on the vulgar. But what is it that makes such a character so irresistible to women as diverse as Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Zerlina and all the others in Leporello’s catalogue aria?
If we look at Don Giovanni through the lens of time, we discover a much more nuanced figure. In my production, I want to return to the original emotional palette of the opera, thereby accomplishing the dialog between stage and orchestra pit.”
The festival’s artistic director, Peter Spissky, has hand-picked the singers and the Confidencen Festival Orchestra, performing on period instruments. He explains:
“It has long been my dream to stage Don Giovanni at Confidencen. It will be exciting to experience the versatile, swinging and energetic band and cast at Confidencen in the meeting with Mozart’s iconic masterpiece. Our intimate theater will help to revive the magical atmosphere you could experience at the premiere on that October day in 1787 in Prague.”
Come and let yourself be seduced!
Artistic team
Musical direction: Peter Spissky
Director: Deda Christina Colonna
Set design: Christer Nilsson
Costume design: Anna Kjellsdotter
Cast, TBA
Don Giovanni:
Donna Anna:
Donna Elvira:
Don Ottavio:
Leporello:
Zerlina:
Masetto:
Il Commendatore:
Confidencen Opera & Music Festival Orchestra under direction of Peter Spissky
Libretto: Lorenzo Da Ponte
Operan is performed in Italian and texted in Swedish
Duration: Approximately 2 hours and 50 minutes including one intermission
Performances:
July 24 Premiere!
July 26
July 28
July 30
August 1
August 3
August 5
August 7
August 9
August 10
August 12
Don Giovanni is performed during the Confidencen Opera & Music Festival that takes place between July 24 – August 22 2025.
Photo cembalo: Bruno Ehrs
