Mozart - Don Giovanni

Erwin Schrott sings "Deh,vieni alla finestra" from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's

Don Giovanni



O come to the window, beloved;
O come and dispel all my sorrow!
If you refuse me some solace,
before your dear eyes I will die.
Your lips are sweeter than honey,
your heart is sweetness itself.
Then be not cruel, my angel,
I beg for one glance, my beloved!



Based on the legend of the Spaniard, Don Juan.

Don Giovanni, a young nobleman, after a life of amorous conquests, meets defeat in three encounters. The first is with Donna Elvira, whom he has deserted but who still follows him. The second is with Donna Anna, who must postpone her marriage to Don Ottavio after Don Giovanni tries to rape her and kills her father, the Commendatore, escaping afterwards. The third is with Zerlina, whom he vainly tries to lure from her fiancé, the peasant Masetto. All vow vengeance on Don Giovanni and his terribly harassed servant Leporello. Elvira alone weakens in her resolution and attempts reconciliation in the hope that Giovanni will reform. Don Giovanni's destruction and deliverance to hell are effected by the cemetery statue of the Commendatore, who had accepted the libertine's invitation to supper.