A new 'Don Giovanni' in Aix from renowned Russian stage director Dmitri Tcherniakov, awarded best director at the International Opera Awards 2013, and conductor Louis Langrée.

More than two centuries after its creation, the emotional pull of this supreme opera remains absolutely intact. Dmitri Tcherniakov duly revisits the myth and makes the seducer of Seville a ‘man without qualities’, a cipher whose words have a hypnotic power over women. His words will disrupt the proprieties ruling the Commandatore’s family. His words are also what makes Don Juan such a subversive figure and the embodiment of one of the most powerful modern European myths.

Leading the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra is one of the best Mozart conductors, Louis Langrée. Bo Skovhus portrays a dispirited Don Giovanni, old playboy and anti-hero. Kyle Ketelsen is his servant Leporello, currently a shoe-in for this rôle. The superb female trio is composed of Marlis Petersen (Donna Anna), Kristine Opolais (Elvira) and Kerstin Avemo (Zerlina).

Cast:
- Bo Skovhus [Don Giovanni]
- Kyle Ketelsen [Leporello]
- David Bizic [Masetto]
- Colin Balzer [Don Ottavio]
- Marlis Petersen [Donna Anna]
- Kristine Opolais [Donna Elvira]
- Kerstin Avemo [Zerlina]
- Anatoli Kotscherga [Il Commandatore]

Stage direction: Dmitri Tcherniakov
Costumes: Dmitri Tcherniakov & Elena Zaitseva
Lighting: Gleb Filshtinsky

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence - July 2010