Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Romanian National Opera in Timișoara presents Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on 13 November 2026, at 19:00. The performance is preceded by a discussion with the audience, at 18:00, in the Opera foyer, with the conductor Szabolcs Hermann taking part.

Conductor: Szabolcs Hermann; artistic direction: Marina Emandi Tiron; set design: Geta Medinschi; chorus master: Laura Mare; choreography: Carmen Cojocaru. Cast: Sebastian Balaj (guest) as Don Giovanni, Mihaela Marcu (Donna Anna), Emanuele Nori (Don Ottavio), Gelu Dobrea (the Commendatore), Crina Vezentan (Donna Elvira), Marius Goșa (Leporello), Octavian Vlaicu (Masetto) and Cristina Vlaicu (Zerlina). The Opera's chorus, orchestra and ballet ensemble perform. Technical direction: Lucian Boru; musical preparation: Angela Balici, Rareș Pălțineanu, Leonard Bonea; prompter: Eugenia Nechiti.

The opera is sung in Italian with Romanian surtitles, has one interval and ends at around 22:10. The recommended age is 10+. The Opera's management reserves the right to change the programme.

In Act I, Don Giovanni kills the Commendatore, Donna Anna's father, in a duel; she swears vengeance together with her fiancé, Don Ottavio. The hero tries to seduce Zerlina at her own wedding and confronts Donna Elvira, the abandoned wife, while Leporello lists his master's conquests in the catalogue aria. In Act II, Don Giovanni disguises himself as Leporello and, in the cemetery, invites the Commendatore's statue to dinner. In the end, the statue takes him to judgement, and he refuses to give up his way of life and is seized by the chill of death. The opera ends with the idea that whoever lives without restraint comes to an inescapable end.

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