Don Giovanni

Directed by: Mo Zhou

Music by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by: Lorenzo Da Ponte

Original Production

July 2025 - Music Academy of the West

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DESIGNERS

Charlie Corcoran - Scenic Designer

Ruoxuan Li - Costume Designer

Masha Tsimring - Lighting Designer

Berenice Gallegos - Wig & Makeup Designer

Kevin Williams - Prop Designer

Adam Noble - Fight & Intimacy Director

ORIGINAL CAST

Don Giovanni: Joshua J. Klein

Leporello: Irakli Pkhaladze

Donna Anna: Xinshu Li

Donna Elvira: Emily Margevich

Zerlina: Roux Peng

Don Ottavio: Joshua Berg

Masetto: Jack Burrows

Commendatore: David Kahng

Reviews

"In all, this Don Giovanni, one of the finest overall Academy productions in recent years, amounted to a profound achievement, as director Mo Zhou logically tapped into the world of 'casting couch' paradigm, with Columbia Pictures founder Harry Cohn as the doppelgänger character embodied by the Don."

-Josef Woodard, Writer for Santa Barbara Independent

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