Don Giovanni

American  

[don joh-vah-nee, jee-uh-, dawn jaw-vahn-nee] / ˌdɒn dʒoʊˈvɑ ni, dʒi ə-, ˌdɔn dʒɔˈvɑn ni /

noun

1. an opera (1787) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Don Giovanni Cultural  

1. An opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, recounting the dissolute life of Don Juan (Don Giovanni is the Italian form of Don Juan). At the end of the opera, a statue of a man Don Giovanni has killed comes to life and drags the unscrupulous seducer into the burning pit of hell.

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Example Sentences

“My ambition,” he says in the documentary, “is not, like in Don Giovanni, collection—for Don Giovanni, women; for me, orchestras. It’s not like that.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Don Giovanni co-founder Joe Steinhardt calls Haggerty an “important figure in underground music” and said there’s an “urgency” to tell stories like his.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2022

Like Don Giovanni, he never loses faith in his ability to manipulate them, even as they abandon him one by one.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2021

Honestly, it’s enough to make Don Giovanni blush.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2020

All but one of his famous, operas is literally Italian, from The Marriage of Figaro and Cosi fan tutte to La Clemenza di Tito and Don Giovanni.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall