Don Giovanni
Operatic legendary womanizer
Don Giovanni is Mozart's opera about the legendary seducer Don Juan, first performed in 1787.
The title is Italian for "Sir John." By extension, a don Giovanni is any charming, unscrupulous womanizer: He fancied himself a don Giovanni, but his conquests were mostly in his imagination.
Proverbial ladies' man
- libertineOne lacking moral restraint
- rakeTined yard implement
- womanizerMan exploiting many lovers
- philandererHabitual romantic cheater
charmer · lothario · roué · conquest · seduction · flirtation · amorous · irresistible
Operatic solo piece
- recitativeSpeechlike operatic singing
- librettoOpera's written words
- overtureIntroductory orchestral piece
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
soprano · baritone · bass · tenor · duet · trio · sextet · finale
Three-dimensional sculpted likeness
- hellfireEternal punishment by flame
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
morality · repentance · unrepentant · defiance · downfall · supernatural · ghost · vengeance
Disastrous or sorrowful event
- conflictOpposition between parties
- tensionStretched or strained state
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
- protagonistStory's central figure
antihero · villain · pathos · catharsis · betrayal · murder · revenge · confrontation
Creator of musical works
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
- ViennaAustrian capital
- PragueCzech Republic's chief city
- The Magic FluteMozart's final operatic masterpiece
Salzburg · eighteenth century · Enlightenment · masterpiece · genius · prodigy · Austrian
Casanova
Proverbial ladies' man
philanderer · charmer · lothario · roué · conquest · seduction · flirtation · amorous · irresistible · suave
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Operatic solo piece
- recitativeSpeechlike operatic singing
- librettoOpera's written words
- overtureIntroductory orchestral piece
score · soprano · baritone · bass · tenor · duet · trio · sextet · finale · Prague
statue
Three-dimensional sculpted likeness
- hellfireEternal punishment by flame
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
punishment · morality · repentance · unrepentant · defiance · downfall · supernatural · ghost · vengeance · fate
tragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
- conflictOpposition between parties
- tensionStretched or strained state
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
protagonist · antihero · villain · pathos · catharsis · betrayal · murder · revenge · confrontation · death
composer
Creator of musical works
The Magic Flute · Salzburg · eighteenth century · Enlightenment · masterpiece · genius · prodigy · Austrian
Don GiovanniSaint Joseph
Nazareth carpenter, Christ's guardian
Sir Galahad · Parsifal · Job · ascetic · penitent
Don Giovannicelibate
Abstaining from sex
virgin · chaste · monogamist · Sir Galahad · abstinent