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Synopsis Don Giovanni This iss an opera which consists of music composed by Lorenzo Da Ponte and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.The 1787 Italian premiered opera features a story that revolves around the life and evil deeds of a promiscuous arrogant Don Giovanni who used his nobility to cause havoc to everyone until he comes across a mysterious statue that eventually murdered him. The story begins in Act One in which we are introduced to Don Giovanni who starts his seduction errands by defiantly going to Commendatore’s house to seduce his daughter Dona Anna.

Since Anna can not recognize him because he is masked, he refuses to reveal his real identity when requested to do so. Because she is terrified, Anna screams to alert his father who immediately responds, but is unfortunately killed by the masked Giovanni. The murder of her lovely father compels Anna to entice his fiancé Ottavio to look for the murderer and avenge on him. Anna, alongside her fiancé launches a revenge mission on the unknown killer (Ponte 62). While looking for the killer outside Giovanni’s palace, Anna disguises herself and sings a love song as she pretends to be lamenting over her fiancé who has abandoned her.

Unknown to him that he is been looked for, Giovanni ignorantly starts seducing Anna. On seeing this, Leporello cautions Anna that Giovanni should not flirt with him because he is a very promiscuous man who has conquered 1,003 women in Spain, 640 ladies in Italy, 91 women in Turkey and 100 women in France. So, he is not worth her time. As the story unfolds, Giovanni continues with his seduction activities when he decides to flirt and snatches Masetto’s newly wed wife Zerlina and threaten to kill him should he attempt to take her back.

This was a very unfair activity that not only inflicted pain on the poor Masetto, but enabled Anna to realize that it was actually Giovanni who had killed her father. In Act Two, the audience is introduced to Giovanni who continues with his seduction and attempts to cajole Elvira’s maid. When attacked by Maseto and his friends, he manages to out do them, takes away their weapons and beats them up. However, as fate would have it, his victory would not last forever. While disguising himself as Leporello, at the graveyard, so as to seduce one of his girlfriends, a statue appears and threatens him (Rushton 27).

Although he is quite sure that he would not see the next day, Giovanni defies the order of repenting his sins when attacked by the supernatural statue that eventually manages to kill him in the company of a chorus of demons who then throw him to Hell. His death reflected his evil lifestyle (Ponte 62). His death was a break through to others because, soon, Otavio and Anna would tie the knot, Elviria go to the convent while Masero and Zerlina to enjoy their dinner. Surely, Giovanni got a prize for his evil deeds.

Works CitedPonte, Lorenzo Da. Mozarts Don Giovanni. Dover Publications. New York, 2012. Print.Rushton, Julian. W.A. Mozart: Don Giovanni Cambridge: Cambrige University Press. 2010. Print.