Mozart: Don Giovanni (2021): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2021, Mozart: Don Giovanni is a music film directed by Romeo Castellucci, running about 270 minutes. “Salzburg Festival 2021” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. Premiered in 1787, “Don Giovanni” exposes the timeless theme of a man hovering between vitality and destruction. Neither morality nor the law can stop this serial lover in his quest to conquer all women as he places his own pleasure above all other principles. Today, the rich depth of Mozart’s masterpiece still astonishes audiences with its mix of comedy and seriousness, pleasure and love, entertainment and murder. At the helm of this new Salzburg Festival production, in a near-live broadcast from the Great Festival Hall, director Romeo Castellucci promises to focus on the ambiguity and inner turmoil of this serial lover whose immoral behaviour condemns him to a deadly solitude. The exceptional cast – featuring Italian baritone Davide Luciano (Don Giovanni), Russian soprano Nadezhda Pavlova (Donna Anna) and Finnish bass Mika Kares (the Commendatore) – is accompanied by the chorus and musicians of the musicAeterna ensemble, conducted by Vitaly Polonsky and Teodor Currentzis.

Who’s in it. Mozart: Don Giovanni stars Davide Luciano as Don Giovanni, Mika Kares as II Commendatore, Nadezhda Pavlova as Donna Anna and Michael Spyres as Don Ottavio, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 10.0/10, Mozart: Don Giovanni sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Carnegie Hall+ Apple TV Channel and Carnegie Hall+ Amazon Channel. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Mozart: Don Giovanni page.

If you liked it. Fans of Mozart: Don Giovanni tend to enjoy Whiplash, Coco, Green Book and The Legend of 1900.