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

After moving to hospice several days ago, Haggerty, 78, died early Tuesday morning, Moriarity and Lavender Country’s label, Don Giovanni Records, confirmed.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2022

Each was an exposer extraordinaire: in Taruskin’s case, a composer like Stravinsky; in Brook’s case, an opera character like Don Giovanni.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2022

A few weeks later we were at the premiere for Don Giovanni at the Staatsoper in Berlin and Svante explained his current professional status to Daniel Barenboim and Cecilia Bartoli.

From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 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