Two Presentations: on 9/15 at 9 pm and on 9/17 at 7 pm. | "Don Giovanni" is a famous opera in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. The work tells the story of the libertine and seducer Don Giovanni and his amorous conquests and manipulations, while the female characters begin to resist and assert themselves throughout the plot.
In this “double-bill” opera, the striking contrast between two different women is explored through two operas: "The Human Voice" by Francis Poulenc and "La Serva Padrona" by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.
"La Voix Humaine" is a one-act opera, composed by Francis Poulenc in 1958. Based on the play of the same name written by Jean Cocteau, the opera depicts the intense final telephone conversation between a woman and her lover who abandoned her.
"La Serva Padrona," or "The Maid Made a Lover," is an intermezzo composed by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi in 1733. The opera features Serpina, a cunning and resourceful maid who deftly reverses the power dynamics in the household, convincing her master, Uberto , to marry her.