Composed by WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

In moonlit gardens and shadowed streets of Spain, charm moves like a weapon. Don Giovanni, seductive and fearless, lives for conquest — of hearts, of bodies, of boundaries. To him, desire is a game and consequence is for others. With his reluctant servant Leporello dragged in his wake, he leaves behind a trail of betrayal, broken vows, and wounded pride. But when he kills the Commendatore — the father of a woman he has wronged — the balance between pleasure and punishment begins to shift.

Disguises multiply, identities blur, and the line between comedy and danger dissolves. Women he has deceived — Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, and Zerlina — each awaken to the truth in different ways: fury, heartbreak, and painful disillusionment. Still, Giovanni refuses remorse. Even when confronted by the supernatural, he chooses defiance over repentance. In opera’s most chilling finale, the statue of the slain Commendatore returns to demand justice. Giovanni laughs in the face of damnation — and is dragged into the abyss, leaving the living to reckon with the wreckage he caused. in 1994, Cesare Siepi himself performed with us the title role!

Composed by GIUSEPPE VERDI

In the shadow of war and empire, power thunders like a storm. Nabucco, the mighty King of Babylon, conquers Jerusalem and tears a people from their homeland. Among the captives are the Hebrews, whose faith and identity are all they have left. At the center of the conflict stands Abigaille, a woman driven by ambition and wounded pride, who will stop at nothing to seize the throne she believes is hers.

Love, jealousy, faith, and vengeance collide. Fenena, Nabucco’s daughter, chooses compassion and love over tyranny, aligning herself with the oppressed Hebrews. Abigaille’s fury erupts into a ruthless grab for power, while Nabucco himself descends into madness, believing he is a god — only to be struck down and humbled. As empires crumble and hearts are broken, a chorus of exiles longs for their lost homeland in one of opera’s most famous and soul-stirring moments, “Va, pensiero.” In the end, pride falls, faith rises, and redemption becomes possible — but only after devastation has run its course.