World's premiere of Don Juan in Prague

The world’s premiere of Don Juan in Prague will be introduced in on Sunday 22nd October at 19:30. The opera is a part of The Strings of Autumn International Music Festival.

Don Juan in Prague is a adaptation of Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni with an international cast. The adaptation concentrates on the character Donna Elvira performed by outstanding Czech singer Iva Bittova compared to Björk or Laurie Anderson. Adaptation and direction of David Chambers keeps fully Mozart’s score and Da Ponte’s libretto and adds computer generated music.

The performance will take place in the Theatre Of The Estates (Stavovske divadlo, Ovocny trh 1 street) in Prague where Mozart introduced his opera Don Giovanni for the first time.