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Don Giovanni

Streamed March 19–21, 2021

“A breathtaking virtual experience”
Eclectic Arts

Overview

The show's a success”

– The Seattle Times


Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

What goes around comes around on Mozart’s carousel of karma. Legendary libertine Don Giovanni is skilled in seduction yet lacks a moral compass, thoughtlessly moving from conquest to conquest, even murdering without remorse. But a dark fate will bring his joyride to a shocking conclusion, leaving the survivors who knew him forever changed. Filled with varied and evocative music of perfect elegance, Mozart’s complex creation stands apart as his boldest masterpiece.

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In Italian with English Subtitles

Performance Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes including one intermission

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RaTED PG-13, for sexual violence

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Proceeds from this opera stream benefitted artists, musicians, and crew via union funds, including the AGMA Artists Relief Fund. We are grateful to all of our union partners for their creativity and enthusiasm to put these operas on stage.

 

 

 

Cast

Jared Bybee

Don Giovanni

Baritone
At Seattle Opera 2021/22: Count Almaviva, The Marriage of Figaro

Hometown: Modesto, CA
Seattle Opera Debut: Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni ('21)
Recently: The Pilot, The Little Prince (Utah Opera); Lescaut, Manon Lescaut (Gran Teatre del Liceu); Figaro, The Barber of Seville (Arizona Opera)
Upcoming: Kurwenal, Tristan und Isolde (Eugene Symphony); Escamillo, Carmen (Charleston Opera Theater)

Last Updated: June 2021

Jared Bybee

Don Giovanni

Seattle Opera Debut

Vanessa Goikoetxea

Donna Anna

Soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24:
Alcina, Alcina

Hometown: Durango (Bizkaia), Spain
Seattle Opera Debut: Micaëla, Carmen (’19)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (’21); Nedda, Pagliacci Highlights Recital (’20)
Engagements: Mimì, La bohème (Semperoper Dresden); Sabina, Hadrian (Teatro Real); Rosario, Goyescas (Opéra de Limoges); Floria Tosca, Tosca (Teatro de la Maestranza); Rusalka, Rusalka (Opéra de Nice); Amalia, Alfredo il Grande (Donizetti Opera Festival)

Last Updated: December 2022

Vanessa Goikoetxea

Donna Anna

Laura Wilde

Donna Elvira

Soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2020/21: Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni

Hometown: Watertown, SD
Seattle Opera Debut
Recently: Agathe, Der Freischütz and Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte (Staatstheater Stuttgart); Gretel, Hansel and Gretel (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra); Jenůfa, Jenůfa (Santa Fe Opera), Katya, Katya Kabanova (Scottish National Opera)
Upcoming: Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (Berkshire Opera Festival)

Last Updated: December 2020

Laura Wilde

Donna Elvira

Seattle Opera Debut

Michael Sumuel

Leporello

Bass-Baritone
At Seattle Opera in 2021/22: Figaro, The Marriage of Figaro 

Hometown: Odessa, TX
Seattle Opera Debut: Leporello, Don Giovanni ('21)
Engagements: Figaro, The Marriage of Figaro (San Francisco Opera); Jesus, St. Matthew Passion (LA Opera); Alidoro, Cinderella (Norwegian National Opera)Belcore, The Elixir of Love (The Metropolitan Opera), Escamillo, Carmen (Santa Fe Opera), The Father, Blue (English National Opera)

Last Updated: March 2022

Michael Sumuel

Leporello

Seattle Opera Debut

Andrew Stenson

Don Ottavio

Tenor
At Seattle Opera in 2022/23: Shepherd/Sailor, Tristan and Isolde

Hometown: Rochester, MN
Seattle Opera Young Artist: 2010/11, 2011/12
Seattle Opera Debut: Arturo, Lucia di Lammermoor (’10)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Nemorino, The Elixir of Love (’21); Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni (’21); Spoletta, Tosca (’21);Tamino, The Magic Flute (’17); Tonio, La Fille du Regiment (’13); Orphée, Orphée et Eurydice (’12)
Engagements: Bill, Flight (The Dallas Opera); Bao Yu (cover), Dream of the Red Chamber (San Francisco Opera)

Last Updated: August 2022

Andrew Stenson

Don Ottavio

Jasmine Habersham

Zerlina

Soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2020/21: Zerlina, Don Giovanni

Hometown: Macon, GA
Seattle Opera Debut
Recently: Adina, The Elixir of Love (Phoenicia Festival of the Voice); Katie Jackson, The Fix (Minnesota Opera); Pip, Moby Dick (Opera San Jose)
Upcoming: Susannah, The Marriage of Figaro (Madison Opera); Nanetta, Falstaff (Berkshire Opera Festival); Sarah Ruth, Edward Tulane (Minnesota Opera) 

Last Updated: December 2020

Jasmine Habersham

Zerlina

Seattle Opera Debut

Adam Lau

Masetto

Bass
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: Soloist, 60th Anniversary Concert & Gala
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Narbal, Les Troyens in Concert; Cesare Angelotti, Tosca

Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Seattle Opera Debut: Papa and Makoto Kobayashi, An American Dream (’15)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Angelotti, Tosca (’21); Masetto, Don Giovanni (’21); Alidoro, Cinderella (’19); Kōbun Chino Otogawa, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (’19); Ferrando, Il trovatore (’19); Speaker, The Magic Flute ('17)
Engagements: Colline, La bohème (Opera Philadelphia); Dr. Grenvil, La traviata (Metropolitan Opera); Sarastro, The Magic Flute (Ravinia Festival); Soloist, Verdi’s Requiem (Carnegie Hall); Figaro, Le nozze di Figaro (Utah Opera); Sam, Un Ballo in Maschera  (San Francisco Opera)

Last Updated: January 2024

Adam Lau

Masetto

Kenneth Kellogg

Commendatore

Bass
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24:
Malcolm X, X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

Hometown: Richmond, CA
Seattle Opera Debut: Commendatore, Don Giovanni (’21)
Previously at Seattle Opera: The Father, Blue (’22); Fafner, Das Rheingold ('23)
Engagements: Don Basilio, The Barber of Seville (San Francisco Opera); Raimondo, Lucia di Lammermoor (Madison Opera); Rocco, Fidelio (North Carolina Opera); Grand Inquisitor/Philip II (cover), Don Carlo (Maryland Lyric Opera); Falstaff, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Pocket Opera); Logger Bulrusher (West Edge Opera)

Last Updated: November 2023

Kenneth Kellogg

Commendatore

Seattle Opera Debut

Creative Team

Lidiya Yankovskaya

Conductor

At Seattle Opera in 2020/21: Don Giovanni

Hometown: St. Petersburg, Russia
Seattle Opera Debut
Recently: Moby-Dick (Chicago Opera Theater); Taking Up Serpents (Washington National Opera); Pia de' Tolomei (Spoleto Festival USA)
Upcoming: The Marriage of Figaro (Dallas Opera); Taking Up Serpents (Chicago Opera Theater); Conductor (Hawaii Symphony Orchestra)

Last Updated: December 2020

Lidiya Yankovskaya

Conductor

Seattle Opera Debut

Brenna Corner

Director

At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Tosca

Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Seattle Opera Debut: Don Giovanni (’21)

Engagements: Il trovatore (Washington National Opera); Carmen (Calgary Opera/Des Moines Metro Opera); Lucia di Lammermoor (New Orleans Opera); Hansel and Gretel (Kentucky Opera)

Last Update: December 2023

 

Brenna Corner

Director

Seattle Opera Debut

Chris Reay

Projection Designer

At Seattle Opera 2020/21: Projection Designer, Don Giovanni

Hometown: Seattle, WA/ US
Seattle Opera Debut: Assistant Lighting Designer, Ring Cycle (‘01)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Projection Coordinator, The Magic Flute (‘11); Semele (‘15); Turn of the Screw (‘18)
Recently: Projection Programmer, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Seattle Opera); Marie, Still Dancing (5th Avenue Theater); Shout Sister, Shout (Seattle Rep)

Last Updated: December 2020

Chris Reay

Projection Designer

Seattle Opera Debut

Doug Provost

Set Designer

At Seattle Opera in 2020/21: Director of Production/Set Designer, The Elixir of Love and Don Giovanni

Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Seattle Opera Debut: Director of Production, Madame Butterfly ('17)
Recently: Projection Designer, Don Pasquale (Pittsburgh Opera); Projection Designer, The Magic Flute (Madison Opera); Projection Designer, Don Pasquale (Minnesota Opera)

Last Updated: December 2020

Doug Provost

Set Designer

Liesl Alice Gatcheco

Costume, Hair, and Makeup Designer

Costume Designer
At Seattle Opera in 2022/23: Costume Designer, A Thousand Splendid Suns

Hometown: Seattle, WA
Seattle Opera Debut: Costume Shop Stitcher, Carmen (’03)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Costume Designer, Orpheus and Eurydice (’21); Flight (’21); The Elixir of Love (’21); Don Giovanni (’20)
Engagements: Costume Designer, A Thousand Splendid Suns (Seattle Opera)

Last Updated: December 2021

Liesl Alice Gatcheco

Costume, Hair, and Makeup Designer

Connie Yun

Lighting Designer

Lighting Designer
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Freddie Ballentine and Kunal Lahiry in Concert; Tosca

Hometown: East Lansing, MI
Seattle Opera Debut: Die Fledermaus (’06)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Samson and Delilah in Concert (’23); The Marriage of Figaro (’22); Welcome Back Concert: Die Walküre (’21); Don Giovanni (’21);The Elixir of Love (’20); The Turn of the Screw (’18); Beatrice and Benedict (’18); An American Dream (’17 and ’15)
Engagements: Lighting DesignerThe Marriage of Figaro (New Orleans Opera, Portland Opera); Salome (Des Moines Metro Opera); Pelléas & Mélisande (Des Moines Metro Opera); María de Buenos Aires (Florentine Opera); Madame Butterfly (Opera Philadelphia)

Last updated: March 2024

Connie Yun

Lighting Designer

Robertson Witmer

Audio and Sound Designer

Sound Designer
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25:
Jubilee; The Magic FluteTosca

Hometown: Seattle, WA
Seattle Opera Debut:
The Falling & The Rising (’19)
Previously at Seattle Opera: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (’24); Das Rheingold (’23); A Thousand Splendid Suns (’23); Orpheus and Eurydice (’22); Tosca ('21); Flight ('21); Don Giovanni ('21); Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (’20)
Engagements: Sound Designer, Camelot (Village Theatre); Composer, Murder in the Alps (Laguna Playhouse)

Last updated: June 2024

Robertson Witmer

Audio and Sound Designer

Ken Christensen

Video Director

At Seattle Opera in 2020/21: Video Director, Don GiovanniTosca

Hometown: Seattle, WA
Seattle Opera Debut: Don Giovanni ('21)
Recently:  Productions for King County Parks, Woodland Park Zoo, Bloomberg Businessweek
Upcoming: Production for City of Tacoma

Last Updated: December 2020

Ken Christensen

Video Director

Seattle Opera Debut

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Why Present Don Giovanni in 2021?

For many years, the character of Don Giovanni was celebrated as “Mozart’s bad boy”—an evil but charming anti-hero. But today in 2021, society has less tolerance for stories that fail to take sexual assault seriously. Three singers in Seattle Opera's Don Giovanni share their thoughts on this topic.

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Meet Stage Director Brenna Corner

Seattle Opera checked in with stage director Brenna Corner to explore her vision for our upcoming Don Giovanni.

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Meet Maestro Lidiya Yankovskaya

In this interview, Maestro Lidiya Yankovskaya discusses conducting during the pandemic, her favorite Don Giovanni role, as well her passion for new works and the music of refugees.

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2020/21 Season Sponsor

Barbara Stephanus


Young Singers Season Sponsor

Maureen and Richard Swanson

Production Sponsors

Tom McQuaid
Ann P. Wyckoff

with additional support from 4Culture and K&L Gates

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