Scene from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni 1787

Scene from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni 1787 (c1914). Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer, first performed in Prague in 1787. The libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749-1838) was based on Moliere's play of 1665 Don Juan, ou le festin de Pierre ('Don Juan, or the Stone Banquet'). Here Don Giovanni is attempting to seduce Zerlina, a country girl to whom he sings Give me thy hand, oh fairest ('La ci darem la mano'). From A Day With Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by May Byron. (London, circa 1914)

1665 1749-1838 1756-1791 1787 Amadeus Attempting Banquet Byron C1914 Fairest Festin Libretto Lorenzo Mano Molieres Mozart Ponte Seduce Sings Whom Zerlina

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