Don Giovanni
An opera in two acts
Welsh National Opera, Cardiff
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
This was a new production for the Welsh National Opera. It opened at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff on 16th October 2011 and toured the UK through the autumn season to Liverpool, Swansea, Llandudno, Bristol, Birmingham, Oxford and Southampton.
The production has been regularly revived since 2011, most recently during the WNO spring season of 2022.
Creative Team
| Director | John Caird |
| Designer | John Napier |
| Costume Designers | John Napier & Yoon Bae |
| Lighting Designer | David Hersey |
| Choreographer | Kate Flatt |
| Fight Director | Kevin McCurdy |
| Staff Directors | Caroline Chaney & Sam Caird |
| Associate Lighting Designer (Tour) | Ian Jones |
| Language Coach | Maria Grazia Gould |
| Dramaturg & Surtitles | Simon Rees |
| Artistic Director of WNO | David Pountney |
| Conductor | Lothar Keonigs |
| Associate Conductor | James Southall |
| Repetiteur | Stephen Wood |
| Chorus Master | Stephen Harris |
| Head of Music | Russell Moreton |
| Continuo | Stephen Wood & Alexandra Robinson |
| Leader of the Orchestra | David Adams |
| Stage Manager | Katie Heath-Jones |
| Stage Manager | Julia Carson Sims |
| Assistant Stage Managers | Suzie Erith & Jenni Price |
| Head of Costume | Siân Price |
| Props Technician | Barbara Leith |
| Head of Wigs and Make-up | Siân McCabe |
| Production Manager | Robert Pagett |
| Technical Director | Jan Michaelis |
Cast
| Don Giovanni | David Kempster |
| Leporello | David Soar |
| Commendatore | Carlo Malinvero |
| Donna Anna | Camilla Roberts |
| Don Ottavio | Robin Tritschler |
| Donna Elvira | Nuccia Focile |
| Masetto | Gary Griffiths |
| Zerlina | Claire Ormshaw |
Chorus
| Sopranos | Meriel Andrew, Anitra Baxhall, Paula Bradbury, Claire Hampton, Fiona Harrison, Rosie Hay, Samantha Hay, Emma Llewellyn |
| Mezzos | Amanda Baldwin, Neda Bizzarri, Jessica Handley-Greaves,Carolyn Jackson, Sian Meinir, Sarah Pope, Louise Ratcliffe |
| Tenors | Simon Buttle, Philip Lloyd Holtam, Howard Kirk, Gareth Lloyd, Huw Llewelyn, Philip Pooley, Carthaigh Quill |
| Basses | Laurence Cole, Martin Lloyd, Alastair Moore, George Newton-Fitzgerald, Jack O’Kelly, James Robinson-May, Stephen Wells |
Understudies
| Don Giovanni | Duncan Rock |
| Leporello | Pyotr Lempa |
| Commendatore | Paul Hudson |
| Donna Anna | Naomi Harvey |
| Don Ottavio | Eamonn Marshall |
| Donna Elvira | Claire Surman |
| Zerlina | Samantha Hay |
| Masetto | Stephen Wells |