MOZART’S ill-fated reprobate Don Giovanni is one of the great roles in the operatic canon. There are few men alive more familiar with the famous character than the acclaimed opera singer and director Sir Thomas Allen, who is currently reviving his 2013 production of the piece for Scottish Opera.
In his illustrious career on the stage, the English baritone has played Mozart’s blue-blooded libertine about 350 times. Based upon a centuries old Spanish legend, the opera – which boasts a script by the great librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte – tells the story of the titular, and utterly dissolute, nobleman whose misdeeds (including murder and attempted rape) catch up with him in spectacular and supernatural terms.
