Considered by some to be the greatest opera ever written Don Giovanni was the second product of an incredibly fruitful collaboration between two geniuses the legendary WA Mozart and the talented Italian librettist Lorenzo da Ponte Based on Molières Don Juan the twoact dramma giocoso premiered in October 1787 at Pragues state theater to rave reviews The 2017 Festival dAixenProvence brought Mozarts fabulously devious work to the stage once more in a production by stage director JeanFrançois Sivadie Starring Philippe Sly Don Giovanni Nahuel di Pierro Leporello and Eleonora Buratto Donna Anna the excellent performance featured the acclaimed maestro Jérémie Rhorer at the head of the period instrument ensemble Le Cercle de lHarmonie
