Don Giovanni
An opera in two acts
16th October 2011
Welsh National Opera, Cardiff
This was a new production for the Welsh National Opera. It opened at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff on 16th October 2011 and toured the UK through the autumn season to Liverpool, Swansea, Llandudno, Bristol, Birmingham, Oxford and Southampton.
The production has been regularly revived since 2011, most recently during the WNO spring season of 2022.
Photographs by Richard Hubert Smith
Rehearsal photographs by Brian Tarr
Don Giovanni
| Music by | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Libretto by | Lorenzo Da Ponte |
Creative Team
| Director | John Caird |
| Designer | John Napier |
| Costume Designers | John Napier & Yoon Bae |
| Lighting Designer | David Hersey |
| Choreographer | Kate Flatt |
| Fight Director | Kevin McCurdy |
| Associate Lighting Designer (Tour) | Ian Jones |
| Chorus Master | Stephen Harris |
| Repetiteur | Stephen Wood |
| Head of Music | Russell Moreton |
| Continuo | Stephen Wood & Alexandra Robinson |
| Staff Directors | Caroline Chaney & Sam Caird |
| Language Coach | Maria Grazia Gould |
| Stage Manager | Katie Heath-Jones |
| Production Manager | Robert Pagett |
| Dramaturg & Surtitles | Simon Rees |
| Artistic Director of WNO | David Pountney |
| Conductor | Lothar Keonigs |
| Associate Conductor | James Southall |
| Leader of the Orchestra | David Adams |
| Stage Manager | Julia Carson Sims |
| Assistant Stage Managers | Suzie Erith & Jenni Price |
| Head of Costume | Siân Price |
| Props Technician | Barbara Leith |
| Head of Wigs and Make-up | Siân McCabe |
| Technical Director | Jan Michaelis |
Cast
| Don Giovanni | David Kempster |
| Leporello | David Soar |
| Donna Anna | Camilla Roberts |
| Commendatore | Carlo Malinvero |
| Don Ottavio | Robin Tritschler |
| Donna Elvira | Nuccia Focile |
| Zerlina | Claire Ormshaw |
| Masetto | Gary Griffiths |
| Chorus | |
| Sopranos | Meriel Andrew / Anitra Blaxhall / Paula Bradbury / Megan Llewellyn Dorke / Claire Hampton / Fiona Harrison / Rosie Hay / Samantha Hay / Emma Mary Llewellyn / Laura Pooley |
| Mezzos | Amanda Baldwin / Neda Bizzarri / Jessica Handley Greaves / Helen Greenaway / Carolyn Jackson / Sian Meinir / Nicola Morgan / Sarah Pope / Louise Ratcliffe |
| Tenors | Simon Crosby Buttle / Michael Clifton-Thompson / Simon Curtis / Paul Gyton / Philip Lloyd Holtam / Howard Kirk / Huw Llewelyn / Gareth Lloyd / Philip Pooley / Carthaigh Quill |
| Basses | Julian Boyce / Laurence Cole / Jasey Hall / Martin Lloyd / Philip Lloyd-Evans / Alastair Moore / George Newton-Fitzgerald / Jack O'Kelly / James Robinson-May / Stephen Wells |
| Understudies | |
| Don Giovanni | Duncan Rock |
| Leporello | Pyotr Lempa |
| Donna Anna | Naomi Harvey |
| Commendatore | Paul Hudson |
| Don Ottavio | Eamonn Marshall |
| Donna Elvira | Claire Surman |
| Zerlina | Samantha Hay |
| Masetto | Stephen Wells |
Orchestra of WNO
| First Violin / Leader | David Adams |
| First Violin | David Adams / Lowri Porter / Martin Kegelmann / Susan Plessner / Peter Lilley / Mathias Maurer / Emma Menzies / Jane Atkinson / Gillian Bradley |
| Second Violin | Heather Badke-Hohmann / Donald McNaught / Ann Jones / Luke Roskams / Marilyn Shewring / Emma Waller / Anthony Tarlton / Alison Donnelly |
| Viola | Philip Heyman / Cédric David / Barry Friend / Louise Brodrick / Audrey Barr / Ross Cohen |
| Cello | Rosie Biss / Christopher Hodges / Arthur Davies / Alexandra Robinson / Dewi Watkins / Simon Davidson |
| Double Bass | Kai West / Mikeal Price / Mary Condliffe |
| Flute | Jonathan Burgess / Jenny Doyne |
| Oboe | Catriona MacKinnon / David Probert |
| Clarinet | Leslie Craven / Daniel Rye |
| Bassoon | Stephen Marsden / Christopher Vale |
| Horn | Angus West / Donald Clist |
| Trumpet | Dean Wright / Martin McHale |
| Trombone | Roger Cutts / John Hendy |
| Bass Trombone | Alan Swain |
| Timpani | Patrick King |
| Mandolin | Daniel Thomas |
| Continuo | |
| Harpsichord | Stephen Wood |
| Cello | Alexandra Robinson |
| Stage Band 1 | |
| Violin | Robert Tonkin / Justine Tomlinson |
| Viola | Stephen Lloyd |
| Double Bass | Simon Phillips |
| Oboe | Gillian Taylor / Gwenllian Davies |
| Horn | James Mildred / Mark Kane |
| Stage Band 2 | |
| Violin | Jane West |
| Double Bass | Peter Devlin |
| Stage Band 3 | |
| Violin | Elin Edwards |
| Double Bass | Mary Condliffe |
Production Team
| Scenery Built and Painted by | Cardiff Theatrical Services Ltd |
| Properties, Costumes and Wigs by | Welsh National Opera |
| Additional Costumes by | Stephen Harrington / Celia Pearce / Bristol Costume Services / Mervyn Wallace / Helen Perks |
| Custom Starfield Projection by | Goboland UK Ltd |
| Dramaturg & English Surtitles by | Simon Rees |
| Welsh Surtitles by | Mary Jones |
| Technical Staff | |
| Technical Director | Jan Michaelis |
| Secretary to the Technical Office | Nicola Griffin |
| Senior Production Manager | Robert Pagett |
| Technical Manager | Grant Barden |
| Technical Administrator | Alan Parr |
| Production Manager | Richard Norton |
| Health & Safety Supervisor | Liz Walker |
| Production Carpenter | David Flinn |
| Assistant Production Carpenter | Michael Robinson |
| Technical Assistants | Wayne Davis / Mohamed Hassan |
| Head of Costume | Siân Price |
| Men's Cutter | Jane Williams |
| Senior Costume Maker / Cutter | Lesley Carlisle |
| Ladies Cutter | Jacqui Wilkins |
| Milliners | Sue Crowle / Ani Townsend |
| Head Tailor | Monica Tyler |
| Costume Makers | Kate Burton / Sinfi Buckley / Elizabeth Jeffrey / Kelly Nichol |
| Costume Appretince | Katie Du'Mont |
| Senior Props Technician | Andy John |
| Prop Technicians | Barbara Leith / Torben Schacht |
| Head of Lighting & Sound | Ian Jones |
| Chief Electrician | Paul Woodfield |
| Deputy Chief Electrician | Benjamin Naylor |
| Electricians | Stephen Bartlett / Michael Bolton / Robert White |
| Stage Manager | Julia Carson Sims |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Julian Johnson |
| Acting Deputy Stage Manager | Katie Heath-Jones |
| Senior Assistant Stage Manager | Clare Thorne |
| Assistant Stage Managers | Suzie Erith / Jenni Price |
| Master Carpenter | John Hayel |
| Assistant Master Carpenter | Constandinous Micallef |
| Temporary Assistant Master Carpenters | Robert Ball / John Stewart |
| Head Flyman | John Riemer |
| Senior Flyman | Robert Andrews |
| Flyman | Robert Bayliss |
| Senior Wingmen | Stephen Bellamy / Mashallah Hayel |
| Wingmen | Steve Harris / Dean Marshall / Rodney McConnell |
| Assistant Wingmen | Leigh Covill / Michael Lloyd / Leon Macauley |
| Property Master | Chris Macauley |
| Senior Property Assistant | Peter Hayel |
| Property Assistant | Jake Konten |
| Loaders | Anthony Cox / Mark Edwards |
| Technical Apprentices | Karly Hill / Joseph Theobold |
| LGV Driver | Head Owen Rees |
| Driver | Michael Purse |
| Touring Wardrobe Manager | Judith Russell |
| Touring Wardrobe Assistants | Charlotte Arulf / Kate Barlow / Sarah Pickles |
| Head of Wigs & Makeup | Siân McCabe |
| Deputy Head of Wigs & Makeup | Tigy Tucker |
| Wigs and Makeup Assistants | Charlotte Giles / Rhiannon Llewellyn |