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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Don Giovanni

“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

“There’s such a misunderstanding that was created in the 19th century that Don Giovanni is a romantic hero,” he said.

From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2023

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

“But in the hall, they want to be him. Don Giovanni does what they want. He has the guts to actually do it.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2021

Like Luba Luft; singing Don Giovanni and Le Nozze instead of toiling across the face of a barren rock-strewn field.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick