The legendary rogue and his creator
The dramatic plot of the opera
Musical magic and hidden messages
The stone statue knocks at the door
YOUR GOAL
Master of The ghostly dinner guest of Don Giovanni
schopenhauer The Commendatore's Statue
The stone guest knocks, the trombones roar, your judgment is here.
schopenhauer Demons drag Don Giovanni into the fiery floor while Leporello watches in terror.
schopenhauer A towering stone statue interrupts Don Giovanni at his lavishly set dinner table.
schopenhauer Match each knock to the right character to discover the legendary story of Don Juan.
Icy handshake: The singer playing the Commendatore often wears cold gel packs on his hands to make his final handshake genuinely freezing for Don Giovanni.
A carved or cast figure of a person or animal, especially one that is life-size or larger. In Mozart's 1787 opera, the Commendatore's stone monument arrives at a banquet to condemn his killer.
Which character hides under the table in terror during the statue's dramatic dinner visit?
At what time of night does the eerie cemetery encounter with the statue take place?
What does the statue of the Commendatore repeatedly demand that Don Giovanni do during dinner?
What is the moral of the final sextet sung by the surviving characters at the very end?
What happens to Don Giovanni at the climax of the opera after he refuses to repent?
Where do Don Giovanni and Leporello first encounter the talking statue of the Commendatore?