<p>Don Giovanni poses as Don Ottavio and rapes his fiancée Donna Anna in the Royal Palace of Naples and then flees after snuffing the candle of the king – who came running when he heard her scream. His uncle Don Pietro helps him run away – he will make sure Don Ottavio is accused. Don Giovanni leaves Naples for Castile with his valet Famiola. On the way, their boat sinks. Don Giovanni takes advantage of the opportunity to rape the shepherdess who rescued them, much to the displeasure of Famiola, who thought he had charmed her by posing as his master. In Castile, they meet Don Ottavio, who went into exile with his valet Brighella. The king of Castile promised him the commander Oliola’s (or Ogliola) daughter – who is also called Donna Anna. Don Giovanni tries to have her before his rival does, but he is caught by Oliola and kills him in a duel. Then he sees the monument the king had built in the commander’s memory, and he invites his statue over for dinner. The statue comes and invites him too. Don Giovanni goes with Famiola, and he agrees to take the statue’s hand. The statue urges him to repent, but he refuses and is taken to Hell. Brighella, who was chasing Don Giovanni, finds Famiola alone and offers him employment at the court of the king of Castile. The play ends with a scene showing Don Giovanni desperate in hell.</p>

Glove-puppet

Not specified

Italy

Milan

Printed

Seducer

Seduction

Murder

Assassination

Shipwreck

Haughtiness

Atheism

Rape

Comical

Italian

Il castigo impensato, con Famiola disgraziato in amore

Don Pietro

Duke

Don Juan

Valet

Brighella

Commander

Anna

Sheperherdess

Final intervention of the devil

Letter

Disguise

Word for another

Comical regional accent

Murder on stage

Bawdy equivocation

Transforming scenery

Dialect

Don Giovanni il disoluto

Don Giovanni the dissolute