Felici Opera
DON GIOVANNI
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni, the famous seventeenth century lover of women and wine, flees his wife Donna Elvira and pursues the beautiful and aristocratic Donna Anna. With scarce thought to the consequences for his soul he murders Donna Anna's father, the Commendatore, and seduces the newly-wed peasant-girl Zerlina. But Don Giovanni will soon be confronted with his mis-deeds by Donna Elvira (fearful for his soul), Donna Anna & her financé Don Octavia (united in seeking vengeance for her father's murder), Masetto (Zerlina's angry husband) and Leporello (The Don's disillusioned man-servant), until the final reckoning comes- the statue ghost of the Commendatore himself!
Felici Opera's tudor-style production sung in English accompanied by a band of piano, harpsichord, timpani and trombone was enjoyed by audiences at St Andrews Ampthill, English Martys Church, Wembley and at the Marble Hall inside Hatfield House.
Cast:
Don Giovanni Richard Perry
Don Ottavio Gordon Hodges
Leporello Steven East
Il Commendatore Peter Davis
Masetto Peter Edge
Donna Anna Charlotte Derry
Donna Elvira Suzanna Perry
Zerlina Zoe Jasko
Chorus: Augusta Lees
Phyllida Jones
Chris Hodges
Andrew Currall
Director Gordon Hodges
Musical Director Margaret Johnson
Piano: Mary Anstey
Timpani: Eric Wilson
Trombone: Andrew Groom
Featuring the Pirton Early Music Group:
Peter Greener, Valmai Guess, Clare Fleck, Peter Harding