Offstage

Minna Lindgren describes how Cosí fan tutte by Mozart and da Ponte turned into something totally different and pushed aside Wagner’s Die Walküre.

W. A. Mozart’s Don Giovanni is director Jussi Nikkilä’s first genuine deep dive into the world of opera. ”The story is about a sex addict. I wanted to take a bold approach to the theme. Don Giovanni is an adult male who has operated in a certain way for decades. His entire character, his behavioural pattern and what he does to people provide an ideal landscape and dramatic tension for a director.”