Opera Queensland to open the gates of hell with trilling new production of Don Giovanni!

Although penned more than 200 years ago, Hume said Don Giovanni strikes a brutally relevant chord in 2018 with sexual misconduct at the forefront of the world’s collective consciousness. “Don Giovanni ranks alongside Carmen as one of opera’s most iconic, sexually-charged characters, and there's an expectation from audiences to see this sensuality revealed in all its intensity,” Ms Hume said. “But for me it is also about an addictive, abusive, entitled personality. You cannot ...