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El
Burlador de Sevilla (Tirso de Molina, 1616), Don Juan
and Don Giovanni narratives
In Tirso de Molina's 1616 play, El Burlador de Sevilla,
the statue of a man slain by his daughter's seducer comes to
life on stage to bring punishment. Two adaptations of this classic
of the Spanish theatre have also become popular throughout the
western world. Engravings and costume designs document centuries
of productions of Molière's play Don Juan, ou le Festin
de Pierre (1665) and Mozart's opera Don Giovanni
(1787), as well as versions for popular theater and film.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo da Ponte
First edition of full score to Il dissoluto punito, osiaDon Giovanni
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, [1801]
Toscanini Legacy, Music Division
Patricia Zipprodt
Costume design for "The Commandatore" in Don Giovanni,
unrealized design for the Metropolitan Opera Association, 1975
Bequest of Patricia Zipprodt, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
John Barrymore in Don Juan (Warner Bros.
Pictures, Inc. and The Vitaphone Corp., 1926)
Rotogravure from The NY World "Don Juan" Supplement,
August 8, 1926
Billy Rose Theatre Collection
