What is Don Giovanni?
{{Infobox opera | name = ''Don Giovanni'' | image = Mozart drawing Doris Stock 1789.jpg | caption = Mozart, 1789 | genre = [[Opera]] in 2 acts | composer = [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] | librettist = [[Lorenzo da Ponte]] | language = [[Italian language|Italian]] | premiere_location = National Theatre<br />[[Prague]], [[Bohemia]]<br />29 October 1787 | other = {{Collapsible list |title=Operas by Mozart |''[[Idomeneo]]'' (1781) |''[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail]]'' (1782) |''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' (1786) |''Don Giovanni'' (1787) |''[[Così fan tutte]]'' (1790) |''[[The Magic Flute]]'' (1791) }}}} '''''Don Giovanni''''' <ref>K. 527, Ital: ''Il dissoluto punito, o sia il Don Giovanni''.</ref> is an [[Italian language|Italian]] [[opera]] in two acts. It is about the character better known as [[Don Juan]]. The music was written by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]. The [[libretto]] was written by [[Lorenzo da Ponte]]. The opera was first [[wikt:perform|performed]] at the National Theatre in [[Prague]] on 29 October 1787.{{sfn|Bleiler|1964|pp=22-23}} It was a great success. ''Don Giovanni'' is about a [[wikt:libertine|libertine]] and murderer who refuses to [[wikt:repent|repent]] when given the chance. He is taken alive to [[Hell]]. The story was originally a [[folktale]]. Plays, operas, and even a ballet were produced on the theme by the time Mozart and da Ponte started work on their opera. ''Don Giovanni'' was performed across Europe after its success in Prague. It was performed in the [[United States]] in 1826, staged by da Ponte himself. In 1979, Joseph Losey made a movie of the opera. In 2013, ''Don Giovanni'' was tenth on the Operabase list of the most-performed operas in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title= Opera Statistics |url= http://operabase.com/top.cgi?lang=en#opera |publisher= Operabase |accessdate=13 August 2013}}</ref> ==Principal characters== * Don Giovanni - [[baritone]] * Donna Anna - [[soprano]] * Donna Elvir