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A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Don Giovanni

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From volume 1 of the work.

1504131A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Don GiovanniGeorge Grove


DON GIOVANNI—or, full title, Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni—opera buffa in 2 acts; words by Da Ponte; music by Mozart. Produced at Prague Oct. 29, 1787 (the overture written the night before); at Vienna May 7, 1788, with 3 extra pieces, 'In quall,' 'Mi tradi,' 'Dalla sua pace'; in London, King's Theatre, April 12, 1817. Autograph in possession of Mme. Viardot Garcia.