Scene from the opera Don Giovanni (1787), circa

Scene from the opera Don Giovanni (1787), circa 1914. The stone statue of the Commandatore arrives to join the feast to which Don Giovanni has jokingly invited him. Don Giovanni killed the Commandatore when he challenged him when he had seduced his daughter, Donna Anna. Mozart's opera was first performed in Prague in 1787. From A Day With Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by May Byron. (London, circa 1914)

1787 Amadeus Byron Challenged Feast Invited Join Jokingly Mozart Seduced

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