Don Giovanni
Lighting Design
A new production for Santa Fe Opera, which premiered in July 2016
Composed by Wolfgang Mozart, Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Directed by Ron Daniels
Set Design by Riccardo Hernandez
Costume Design by Emily Rebholz
Projection Design by Peter Nigrini
Don Giovanni does not go to hell for his questionable ethics and libertine values, he goes to hell because he killed the Commendatore and as a result, the established social order has been upended. The piece echoes Mozart’s relationship with his own father and it is of no surprise that this opera premiered only two years before the French revolution.
Select photos by Paul Horpedahl