"Don Giovanni"
by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Teatro del Maggio, in collaboration with the Accademia del Maggio, presents — in a reduced version — "Don Giovanni" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

The Salzburg genius's masterpiece will be performed on Friday, July 11th, 2025, at 9 PM in the evocative Parco Mediceo in Pratolino.

On the podium, leading the Orchestral Ensemble of the Accademia del Maggio, will be Maestro Pietro Mazzetti; the direction is by Marco Fragnelli.

New production

Free admission upon reservation by writing to [email protected]

Florence, July 10th, 2025 – On Friday, July 11th, 2025, at 9 pm, in the enchanting Parco Mediceo in Pratolino, the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino—together with its Academy—presents a new, abridged production of one of the most beloved operas of all time: Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Free admission upon reservation by writing to [email protected]

On the podium, leading the Orchestral Ensemble of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Academy, will be Maestro Pietro Mazzetti, who has performed several times in the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino's performances for young and very young audiences in recent years. This new production is directed by Marco Fragnelli; the sets are by Fran Bobadilla.

The cast includes Yurii Strakhov as Don Giovanni; Davide Sodini in the dual roles of Il Commendatore and Masetto; Elizaveta Shuvalova as Donna Anna; Michele Galbiati as Don Ottavio; Ketevan Abuladze as Donna Elvira; Gonzalo Godoy Sepúlveda as Leporello; and Letizia Bertoldi as Zerlina.

With this production, reduced in both dramaturgical and musical terms to facilitate its educational purpose, but which rigorously maintains all the wonderful peculiarities and meaning of Mozart's masterpiece, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino aims to bring back to the public a "street theatre", with a rather explicit reference to the language and forms of the Commedia dell'Arte, that ancient theatre that knew how to entertain and amaze, drawing easy laughs in the most lewd scenes, then fearing the terrifying punishment of heaven. The stage structure of the show—as well as the use of costumes, backdrops, and props—was conceived in line with this objective, and the direction moved precisely along this line, investing heavily in the physical and dynamic component of the talents of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, called upon to test their theatrical virtuosity, challenging them to measure themselves against the extremes of the dual expressive polarity of the libretto and the music. The dramaturgical project was put at the service of the objectives and the director's work: playing with the costumes of a historical production of the opera, it sought to connect with the director's choice to "tell" Mozart's Don Giovanni—even to those perhaps 'encountering' it for the first time—and to lay bare its characters and the relationships that bind them together.