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Bejayzus!

Don Giovanni!

Do you want to take the name of Emanuel Conegliano?

Yes, I want

I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

Amen

This show disgusts me

Jews are debased, forced to accept a religion that does not belong with them

and only for a widower to marry a Christian girl

Do you want to take the name of Emanuel Conegliano?

Do you want to take the name of Emanuel Conegliano?

Mr Casanova Have you gone mad?

- Why? Do not be scandalized, for God's sake

Emanuele Conegliano, you want to join the faith of Christ our Lord?

It's Beatriz

Beatriz was the muse, Dante's great love

the poet of The Divine Comedy - I think one of the most sublime works

ever conceived by the human mind

Yes, son. A true masterpiece

If you come back to the altar you can visit my library anytime

and read this book, this beautiful book

Do you want to take the name of Lorenzo da Ponte?

Say, if you want it Yes, I want it

ll give you my name. Do you realize the gift that this is?

Your name is Lorenzo da Ponte, as is mine

This name will open the doors of Venice

and I'll help you succeed within the church

and maybe one day, Lorenzo da Ponte, you can reach great heights

Words of Satan! ! Traitor! Infamous!

Infamous! ! God punishes you!

Stop this shit, infamous!

Leave him alone!

Damn! May God curse you!

This man deserves no indignant mortification

What you have done!

Have you told my name?

Follow me

You have blood on your hands, Lorenzo da Ponte

Especially in these days when thugs like Barbarigo are on alert in all of Venice

You lost the trial and were publicly disgraced

This poor person took the collar for my cause

Took the collar for printing your verses to sell at a great price

It may be idealistic, to love taking risks. I understand well, but not enough Lorenzo.

We need to know to avoid the danger when it endangers life itself

It may be impetuous and passionate, but not stupid!

This printer may cost you your life

In times of sweet sighs, then tell me How to love knowing it so dangerous?

And she to me: There is no greater pain, than in misery to remember the happy time, and that your doctor knows

Father ... Can love ...

.. Transcend the barriers of spirituality?

Are you referring to physical love? Carnal?

He molested me, father - Who?

It bothers me. It pursues me. I take it to bed

Are you talking about, perhaps, your adoptive father?

Your uncle Barbarigo, which so successfully directs the Holy Inquisition ...

He's not your father's flesh, Francesca, but you are his adopted daughter ...

.. You are free to choose your lover

You are a woman in the prime of life

- Bella - I love you

Just thinking of you, Lorenzo

I love you

No sleep, no life thinking of you

and I want you, Francesca, I desire you, my love

Excellence, good morning

In times of sweet sighs ...

Francesca Barbarigo father - Excellence

- What lay is so beautful? - Canto the fifth of Dante's Hell

where the poet describes the penalties of hell reserved for the lustful

I knew to such a torment sentenced were the sins of the flesh ..

When the reason is subjected to the desire

Sorry to interrupt your lesson, my dear Lorenzo,

but I must speak urgently

For weeks, I have tried to find that blasphemer

accusing the Holy Inquisition of obfuscating the minds

and being the cause of the ruin of Venice

A modest poet, writing satirical verses citing the blasphemous ideas

of Voltaire, Rousseau and the French Illuminati

Illustrated, your lordship

Enlightened by the devil!

and surely inspired by the ideas of that so blasphemous Giacomo Casanova

Your friend - A sinner who will be sorry soon, God willing

Well, we've finally laid hands ...

.. on one of those who distribute these verses in Venice

a clandestine compositor

who has revealed that the man whom we seek belongs to the Masons

and could be a priest

A priest Mason?

The enemy in our own ranks

It has taken effort to confess that unfortunate

My God

Lorenzo, I pray. I am very interested that the representation

of a character the greatness of Don Giovanni be worthy of contempt

Come on, Maestro Giacomo, do not be angry

Who will be the greatest such libertine?

And I just ask you

Don Giovanni represents and authenticates the only virtue

the freedom to enjoy our nature free from the bondage of morality and feelings

Don Giovanni says 'To enjoy one moment of earthly life is worth eternity'

Twenty

Love, Cupid. Number two. Red, inside bottom

Damn. Loving father I need more coins

Damn bad luck, we're broke

If you allow me, beautiful lady I will be pleased to help

The lady is with me

To reject the money of a gentleman is not worthy of a lady but of a peasant

Lorenzo but why don't you make your peace in the room of sighs?

Sir ... Sir.

Help me. I have not enough money

I would like to help you but unfortunately the bad luck has also mistreated me

Brother

Here. Take this

Thanks bro

I promise that we will divide earnings

San Gregorio, 12 - I have your half

But this must be at least 50 ducats

The money comes, goes

It does not give life, but it helps us to bear it

I fear I have not made you come by money

Listen. Follow me

Look. I am old tired and sick

I have little life left

and give up this world leaving nothing

that can ennoble a life dissipated between game tables and pawnshops

with one exception

It is my only daughter

His mother died in childbirth

she is what I love most in life

- Beatriz? - Not Beatriz

No. Annetta. Annetta

Annetta

Swear to me to care for and protect her forever after my death

I swear

I can not ... I'm not worthy your trust

Halt!

Lorenzo da Ponte!You are arrested in the name of the Holy Inquisition

At the court of the Inquisition you are judged guilty

you have conspired against the church and against the state

Having broken the holy promise to observe the rules,

sworn to by you, on behalf of Our Lord Jesus Christ

For licentiousness, the prohibited affiliation to a Masonic society, profanity

Sacrilege and public concubinage, and to provide an example and warning to all people

I condemn ...

.. and sentence you to 15 years of exile and separation from the Most Serene Republic of Venice

Fifteen years of exile? Magnificent!

Have you come out unscathed?

Come on, a sip for each year. Lorenzo - Spirit!

With your talent you will not be difficult to find work in Vienna

it is also a beautiful city

with people open to new ideas

Those are respected there, Lorenzo

It is a letter for Antonio Salieri, master composer at the court of Emperor

He will help

Sufficient to present yourself to him with my warmest recommendations

You can not get an idea of my gratitude, teacher

During all these years, your wise teachings have guided me

and now I can never give you back the good you have done saving my life

Oh God

Oh My God

Look, Look

Stand

Don Giovanni

This Don Giovanni was doomed

just reward for having abused a character worthy of further consideration

Well, sir?

Pardon me, I would not make so bold ...

Let me introduce myself. My name is Lorenzo da Ponte

Delighted to meet you, Brother Lawrence

My name is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

It is strange that you know me, a complete unknown

I believe in meeting all brothers

In fact, I just came to Vienna

Went to the theater of the court,when your music has brought to my attention

Theatre of the court? Are you perhaps a musician?

No. I am not. I am a writer and poet

But I seek a compatriot, Antonio Salieri. He is a musician

Yes. The great Antonio Salieri. The big Italian family

I congratulate you, you're in good hands. Salieri is a fortunate man with the support of powerful people

Brother Lorenzo, welcome to Vienna

and good luck!

This ...

It's really rude

And you, maestro Salieri - How can you permit such rudeness without intervening?

I beg you, Madam Cavalieri, there's no reason to take offense

Right. A brief break for all

This is certainly really rude

So this is the welcome for an artist in Vienna

Is this how you celebrate the bel canto?

Love, listen It needs not a word

You wanted to humiliate me by inviting that brazen puppy to your opera

Maestro Salieri. My name is Lorenzo da Ponte, I just came to Vienna

I wanted to ask you ...

While I am busy here, I beg you wait outside. Now I can not listen to you very well

I am sent by Giacomo Casanova

Forgive me if I have seemed unkind, but today is not the most tranquil

Majesty!

Your visit honors us greatly

The honor is mine. As you know I am passionate about your work

although it appears that I have come at a bad time

You told me rehearsals start today

God knows ...

His Excellency the Count, in fact, is right

only that you, you just arrived during a brief break

And I'll immediately resume rehearsals; Please do not inconvenience yourselves, I can wait

Again, here there are things to admire, in abundance

And how are things going with our second grace, the Lady Ferrarese?

Your idea of bringing Lady Cavalieri, to my new opera and Lady Ferrarese

is proving an excellent idea, rather, I would say, even wonderful

your Majesty, permit me to introduce Padre Lorenzo da Ponte

a most dear friend and talented poet. Just arrived from Venice

Majesty, I am delighted to find myself in the presence of the wisest and most enlightened monarch of Europe

In Venice, where I come from, You are respected and admired

- So you're a poet? - Yes, majesty

In addition to curé, libertine and troublemaker

An exaggerated reputation which is not appropriate, majesty

Mr. da Ponte, exiled from Venice is seeking employment

Your Majesty may perhaps ... do something for him

Of course

Vienna needs now more than ever, poets, of fresh blood,

new momentum, builders, especially in the opera

Maestro Salieri, what you say if we trusted our friend da Ponte with the libretto your next opera?

Forgive me - I fear Majesty I may not live up to such a task

I have never written an opera text

You lack experience in the field of opera, I do not think a serious obstacle

On the contrary, we need new talents, new ideas, to renew our opera

Even more so if my ideas please the Maestro Salieri

You mean we'll have a virgin muse

Majesty, let me remind you that Maestro Salieri is already committed

with the poet ... Oh yes, Casti, Casti, I had forgotten

Well, that can be remedied. Is there another composer here in Vienna with whom you would like to collaborate?

And why not Mozart?

Our little rebel from Salzburg. That's a wonderful idea

I have long wanted Mr Mozart to address an opera in Italian

Yes

Your friend Lorenzo provides you always with the worst texts

In contrast, he reserves the best for Mozart and that whore Ferrarese

Forgive me my friend, I did not hear you arrive

I'm glad you decided not to undertake the journey alone

Let me introduce you to a dear friend

Madam ... Adriana Ferrarese, the incomparable soprano

I delighted to first hear you sing The Marriage of Figaro in Prague

but now I see you closely

I must say that the rest of your person fully honors so magnificent a voice

And I see that the stories I have heard about you, were not exaggerated

Oh, woe is me. These are not stories but History

At my age, I have found the peace of the senses

and the work of the spirit is to administer love equally to the memories

These senses give us return

His Excellency the Doge has entrusted to me the care of his magnificent library

and now I live immersed in dreams and desires that lie between ...

.. wild adventures, secrets and impossible loves

Books are my only comfort

Ah, we all have a book that can move us - Lorenzo, is not so?

East of here, I was expecting

No, this is for you

It looks like the book I saw the day of my baptism

not just seems, it is the same book

when you left Venice, I found it in a bookshop and I thought

I'll buy it and give it to Lorenzo

Annetta

Whatever you were when you left, you were less rich and now ...

you are one of the most acclaimed European lyric writers

I merited your recommendation to Salieri

he has helped me to break into the world of music

Forget Salieri! No, he is an excellent musician but ...

his obligations in court constitute a major constraint

You must work more with Mozart he is a highly talented artist

Your Figaro ... delicious, light, full of imagination

In the future, this is the way you must go

That's just what I tell him

after the triumph of Figaro Lorenzo must return to work with Mozart

And why not? Me. You must know he has declined my voice

because Salieri who is a villain imposed his own mistress, La Cavalieri

the only thing she exercise to perfection is ... well, you can imagine

Salieri is no villain, La Cavalieri is not a prostitute and I am not married to Mozart

The truth is that Mozart has very particular tastes

and rejects all operassuggested to him

Pedídmelo and I will write a story worthy of your talent

What story?

A new Don Giovanni

Wolfgang, arise.There are guests that await you

Who are they? Da Ponte and Salieri

No, do not show them in, I'm not interested

They want you to write a new opera, look, they have paid us a great advance

You can't play hard to get and then expect worthwhile payment

Let me remind you that we don't have funds to pay the maid

that neither of us enjoys good health

and the medical cure baths I must do in Switzerland cost an arm and a leg

Enough of your scolding! Always telling me what to do

I have had enough of recriminations

Stanzi, sorry

you know that there is nothing in the world that interests me like you

Let's see what they want to tell me, these two scheming Italians

Maestro My dearest

My God, you have gotten worse!

Maestro Salieri Maestro Mozart

We come to announce, by order of His Majesty

that you are commissioned to compose a new opera

in Italian, obviously

and assisted by the poetic talents our friend da Ponte

as you know, the Emperor has been very pleased with The Marriage of Figaro

We will do everything possible to satisfy His Majesty again

So let me recommend you avoid the scandals

check the content, if dubious, in which affront may lie

But what is it?

All in good time, Maestro

In the presentation of an opera, it is necessary to ensure a proper introduction, as in a banquet

we must instill a bit of sweetness into everyday work for the public

Therefore, my dear fellow, if you permit me to advise:

compose music that is simple, light, listenable

so that the fine palates can both digest and enjoy the show

Sweetness, banquet, tasting, digesting

Well, if I have understood correctly, Maestro Salieri

for you to compose an opera is like making a good desert

Let's see

The broken hearts and eggs

A souçon of intrigue, some flour

and for the comic relief, sugar

Into this beautiful approach Maestro da Ponte puts verses ..

and I insert the notes, everything is baked and the beautiful confection is ready, right?

Lord, please forgive me. Other matters require my presence

Good work

You have been too hard on him

Salieri is more sensitive than he looks

Can you tell me what is the dubious matter that Maestro Salieri referred to?

This opera will shake and astonish much more than The Marriage of Figaro

What is it?

Don Giovanni Don Giovanni

But if it has already been done dozens of times

never as we are doing it

We will make a Don Giovanni no one will ever forget

You know well that in ever note I write there is something that is mine

That which I feel, what I love

on the paper there is always a piece of my life

for me, this is not just work, it's much more. My music is an inner fire which consumes me

Why do you want to force me to suffer all this for a subject so ordinary

Let me convince you

Let me tell you the start

Imagine

a man wrapped in a broad cloak

traversing a forest surrounding a sumptuous palace

It's snowing, it is night

and there is a huge full moon in the sky

the light shining through the trees is not white, but rather blue

in this sleepy setting we see a man with his face covered by a wide-brimmed hat

The man is, you will have guessed it, Don Giovanni

who has decided to seduce Dona Ana, a young nobleman

in her upstairs bedroom

a beautiful young woman, behold, Dona Ana

is sleeping in a big bed

through her thin nightgown, her immaculate whiteness

is seen, a beautiful body but we can't see her face

because she has her back to us

her sleep is restless, her long hair scattered over the pillow

the door to the balcony is open and through the curtains moved by the evening breeze

appears the silhouette of Don Giovanni

who enters the room of Dona Ana

undresses

Don Giovanni is incautious and whispers, rapturous, into the ear of Dona Ana

"Dona Ana, my love, my life"

Dona Ana, my love, my life

Dona Ana then realizes that she is not being made love to as she thought by her fiancé

but a stranger

Help! ! Help!

Feeling exposed, Don Giovanni jumps out of bed

and rushes to pick up his clothes, putting them on as he may

out on the balcony, he jumps the rail like a scalded cat

he drops onto the grounds surrounding the mansion

and flees through the forest

while Dona Ana looks from the balcony, screaming

Don Giovanni at the end disappears

between the spectral trees

a truly brilliant opening, it is sensual, bold

Obviously, as much as I have narrated, represents the prelude

Is that the prelude?

But dear Mozart, we can not start an opera with such a scene

it would be a scandal. An opera of that type would not run

Do not remember the recommendations of Salieri?

Do you want me to care for Salieri's recommendations?

OK - but then, where to start?

We start outside the mansion

With Don Giovanni jumping from the balcony and going

before fleeing, Don Giovanni, should fight a duel with the Commander

Dona Ana's father, who came to her rescue

the Commander draws his sword and confronts Don Giovanni

it is an uneven match, given the ability of Don Giovanni as a swordsman

Don Giovanni kills the Commander with a stab in the chest

that murder represents the premise of the whole mess

because once the commander is dead

he can return at the end of the opera

as a marble statue

But do you want to start this way?

Dropping into the middle of a swordfight without conceding the public the least preparation,

no introductory history

While Don Giovanni is the bedroom of Dona Ana

his accomplice is under the balcony

And who is it?

Leporello Leporello?

Of course, Leporello, Don Giovanni's servant

who through the follies of his master's romantic loves is himself always in a sea of troubles

Good thing, a servant in the part of the buffoon: how original!

whenever you want to get a laugh but not to seem so

then you invent a servant or a maid in trouble because of love

Leporello. Congratulations, da Ponte

Leporello, yes

Toiling night and day

Lorenzo

Yes, love?

You have promised me a beautiful scene, all for me

An aria in which you can show off my abilities

You know me so well. Write me a beautiful aria, love

Yes, love

Lorenzo

I love you

I love you too, Adriana

Toiling night and day, with no thanks ...

To withstand rain and wind ...

Bad food and poor sleep; I want to be a gentleman ...

I do not want to serve more ...

A little milk

Wolfi, you have composed so little

Why have you been wearing yourself out all morning at it?

Love, I pray, I'm working

That's wrong

It is not right to spend so many hours on so few lines

It is not easy. This is the first aria of the opera, the cornerstone.

It must win the public quickly

Come on, forgive me. Fatigue, night and day, for one who gives no thanks

Stanzi treasure, let me compose in peace, eh?

Anyway, it's time to quit. Will you not be late?

Late for what? For today's lesson, good grief

Wolfiie! I forgot!

Let us send a messengerto cancel

How do I cancel? Costanza, I have to work. I can not go

Hurry. That lesson is cash and we need it, now you clean up and go

Stanzi, Stanzi

Teacher, teacher, are you okay?

Yes, yes of course, dear, yes

Can we go back to playing from the beginning? Yes

What say you? What do you think?

Is it part of your next opera? Yes, yes

And .. Did you happen to forgive your librettist Lorenzo da Ponte?

Yes. Did you know?

Yes. For years, in Venice, he was a friend of my father

I want to be a gentleman

I do not want to serve any more

I do not want to serve any more

no, no, no, I do not want to serve any more

Not bad, not bad Leporello

As Leporello sings only just No, no, no, I do not want to serve more

you go on stage breathless still trying to dress

after fleeing Dona Ana's bedroom

Doña Ana dressed only in a nightgown follows Don Giovanni

and yells, both because of the shock and from contempt

seen that this unknown has abused her in a dream

She holds the arm of Don Giovanni who tries desperately to get loose

but she resists his shakes and jerks

You, take care to conceal your face with your cloak

Doña Ana should not see you, you are a stranger to her. Thus. Try, try!

Do not hope if you do not kill me, that I will let you escape

Insane. In vain you cry, thou shalt not know who I am

Here, servants! The traitor!

Hush, my anger and fear Miserable!

Reckless Very good, very good

Do not hope if you do not kill me, that I will let you escape

Insane. In vain you cry, thou shalt not know who I am

What tumult! Oh heavens, what cries! The master again in trouble !...

People!... my servants! The traitor!

Hush my anger and fears!

Miserable!

Reckless!

Surely the libertine leads me to Perdition

What desperate fury chases you forever!

This desperate fury craves my downfall.

Miserable!

Reckless!

Draw your sword, unworthy!

Fight me!

I've no wish to battle with you!

So, would you flee from me?

If only I could flee from here!

So, would you flee from me?

Unhappy man! Hold, unless you want to die!

Ah, help!... I have been betrayed! The murderer has wounded me!

Ah, the unfortunate falls ... Distraught and dying ...

And from my throbbing breast ... I feel my soul depart

And from his throbbing breast ... I see his soul depart

Very good, very good gentlemen. Well, well - Perfect

A good break for all

Lady Cavalieri, magnificent. Magnifica!

Commander, perfect. Perfect! A couple of things ...

Excuse me

Annetta?

Is it you?

I told Mozart that I would like to attend the staging of an opera

I expected to find you, Lorenzo, but at the same time, I was afraid of seeing you

Scared? Why?

Need you ask? The first time I saw you

that morning in Venice was like a dream for me

It was a feeling I never had known before

But a moment later, you escaped from me as if you were in front of the devil himself

Annetta.

Before my eyes I found a purity

a harmony I would never have imagined could be of this world

in short, life gave me la gift, undeserved

and I felt unworthy, without a vocation

My father knew your exile and the fact that you had come here to Vienna

but wanted me to meet you and tell you he was too old and ill to travel

Sorry! And so, after his death

I decided to leave Venice and move here, to Vienna

But why did you not look for me immediately?

I did not want to be one of your many trophies, Lorenzo

What do you mean?

Your reputation as a womanizer. Your dissipated life.

Wait

They are verses that I have dedicated

See your name

They are for you

There, let us join hands. They will tell me yes!

Look, is not far. Let us, my dear, depart from here

Annetta

My love

Basically, nothing changes if I believe you or not

What do you mean?

It's too late

How, too late?

I am promised, Lorenzo, I'm getting married next month

With whom?

Not with you. Pardon

Adriana, what a surprise

What are you doing here?

Who is that?

Who?

Don't play the innocent! Who's she?

Anneta di Fiorini, Mozart's pupil

You're not jealous?

For all I know, she can not sing

You started rehearsals without as much as a word, and you wonder why l ask?

You promised me the lead role and instead you exclude me

I'll become a laughing stock in Vienna

What are you saying, darling?

Today we just talked introductory scenes

For sure, you want that Cavalieri bitch to warm the bed

and you, in exchange for favors, will give her the part of the protagonist

Adriana please come to your senses

This jealousy, you are raising to madness

I had to promise the Cavalieri a small role in order to be supported by Salieri

Without it, the court would never have approved Don Giovanni

What about me?

Barring a few corrections, we're almost finished

and I promise within a few days to begin the rehearsals

You believe that you hardly turn your back but I'm up any skirt that passes by

or even La Cavalieri

It's ridiculous

You are! Are you the only one?

My Nightingale

Gentlemen, I present Lorenzo Da Ponte, my lover

who has sworn to me love and faithfulness

and who after so many lies, now leaves me

without even having the courage to tell me to my face

Leave me alone. Diabolical madwoman!

This is how you repay me, wretch, after everything I've done for you?

Maestro, Maestro! Finally. I have searched all over Vienna for you.

I must speak. I hope I am not disturbing you.

Not at all, Da Ponte, not at all.

It's a big problem. Let me guess, you have no new scenes

I wish it was only that. The Ferrarese ... Have you slain the Cavalieri?

Has the Cavalieri slain the Ferrarese?

They have slaughtered each oher. I'm serious, Mozart.

Today I left the Ferrarese

Understand now the seriousness of the trouble

Understand, I understand well. It is the Ferrarese who wants to behead you!

Forgive me, Da Ponte, I would not laugh at your misfortune

but this woman can be poisonous as a snake. I would not want to be in your place

If you care to accept my advice, let it go.

Time erases everything

But ... but then you don't understand?

We are embroiled in this disgrace, you, me and the opera

and we have to deal, me and the opera, with your love affairs

That woman is vengeful and spiteful and I have the feeling that to strike back

she will do everything to destroy our Don Giovanni

Believe me. We are facing a corseted Machiavelli

Machiavelli in corsets.

But as to her picking on Don Giovanni, she has no active role in the opera

Here's the thing: I promised her a star role that does not exist

A main role?

How about a proud woman whom he seduced and then abandoned, who has vowed revenge?

But, of course.

Thus, in addition to Dona Ana, we put in Don Giovanni's claws yet another angry woman

I hope at least that the second lady is not called, precisely, Adriana Ferrarese

Dona Elvira sounds good

After our first meeting, I asked myself

if a man of your real complexity should suffice as a legacy, a memoir

and then I thought that Lorenzo

has many features so similar to yours

and the fact that you suggested so cunningly to Lorenzo the Don Giovanni you know

is in part a reflection of your life

Why thus?

Would you be happy if I marry him and Don Giovanni becomes a faithful hubby?

Explain yourself better, if you please

Your Lorenzo is convinced that in seducing women he has found his destiny

It is to be in the seventh heaven

and I thought, to share the peace of his new love with ... Don Giovanni ...

You are a jealous woman

You are starting to bore me

There are not little games, you may assure yourself

This is the wedding scene

written in his own hand. It was distributed yesterday

What you want from me, Adriana?

Annetta. Annetta is her name, and comes from his Venetian past

I have the impression that this woman would not like anything

known about the love affair that Lorenzo boasted of at that time

Next, read

You notice that I have modeled Lorenzo on my personality

recording all his conquests, I assure you, with particular care

You can have a copy this list, if you wish

Some names can be skipped, they are stories I have heard

Naturally, we want to avoid Lorenzo knowing

Son of a bitch. Even Gertrude, my maid

You are also there, on that list

Good morning. I'm Lorenzo Da Ponte. Seeking Miss Annetta di Fiorini.

Is she at home?

Sorry, I do not know. I have to go see

Lorenzo what are you doing here?

I have come to pay you a complimentary visit. I brought some flowers

I am promised, as I have told you already. I can not accept

Annetta? Who is it?

You don't understand, that is not for you

Please, come in the room, sir

Let me introduce myself. My name is Lorenzo

Be who you are, Mr. Da Ponte

Charmed to meet you, Senora di Fiorini. I had the good fortune to meet your brother

an exalted man with a heart of gold

My brother, may he rest in peace, was a wastrel

who squandered at the gaming tables his family heritage

but I beg you, Mr. Da Ponte. Be seated.

Adele? Place these flowers in a vase

Excuse the mess, we were just finishing folding sheets

No, it is I who should apologize for having barged in, without permission

Let me help you at least in your domestic chores which I interrupted

I told my aunt that you are writing the libretto for a new Mozart opera

You must know that we two were delighted with The Marriage of Figaro

I'm flattered and I fervently hope that this ... Please find yourself a new job

Why have you come here, Lorenzo?

I thought we had already said all

But you have not said that we should not see each other

and even if you had, I would not have complied

And may we anticipate? What is this opera?

Well, actually it is the story of a libertine

an argument which at first sight might seem crude

but it is treated in a manner that achieves outcomes of higher morality

It narrates, in fact, the story of a dissolute

who imposes the fatuity of his vices on pure and deep feeling women

Until one day, he finds a woman who causes him to feel love before

he decides to change and give his life to this woman who seems to him a redeeming angel

Forgive me if it sounds indiscreet but is all this part of your outfit?

You are indiscreet, Mr. Da Ponte. But no, just to satisfy your curiosity

but now I beg you, keep telling me - who is this angel savior?

A young lady, Aimé, already promised to another

his love therefore seems impossible

he is desperate but does not give up

and her feelings for him are the same but she doubts his sincerity

in the end she realizes that his love is authentic

As you can see the story ends happily and in a totally moral way

I'm not engaged, Lorenzo

I'm not about to get married

Annetta, can you still doubt me?

Why do you not warm to me, Annetta?

Pardon

Miss, someone brought this for you

I do not want to see you anymore!

I do not want to hear you again!! You and all your whores!

Leave this house immediately, get out of my life!! And don't ever set foot in either again!

Stanzi

You worked overnight again

You promised that you would care for your health

You can not continue. Your health is already bad enough

Do not worry, it's just fatigue

A good hot coffee and I'll be as good as new

I'll fix you something, but then you must lie down in bed

Don Giovanni!

Don Giovanni! You invited me to dinner with you, and I came

Wolfi?

Wolfi!

My dear!

Slowly, slowly

It's nothing. It is only a slight attack. I'm fine. I'm fine

Why not send to the devil this Don Giovanni that is ruining your health?

What are you saying, Costanza? The work is almost complete

and besides, was not you who insisted we accept it?

I do not know. It was a grave error. This damn opera is destroying you

Come, let us not be so dramatic

I can not stop with the opera incomplete

We could return the advance. We can afford it.

and besides, Don Giovanni is a splendid work

Splendid! The adventures of a crazed and vicious wild pig is a wonderful story?

A lot of crap like the tastes of your friend Da Ponte

who is not much better than Don Giovanni

Maestro Casanova

Lorenzo has made me understand that it is you who are the true inspiration for our opera

How exciting to think it is you who is putting music to Don Giovanni

My words are not simple flattery, this is one of the most important moments of my life

I thank you very much

Let me introduce you to our Leporello

Charmed! And our Don Giovanni

Most charmed! Most charmed!

Young, beautiful

We are waiting for Dona Elvira who undoubtedly will be here soon

Is this truly Lorenzo? Yes

The perfume of the theater

She is here

Oh, what a beautiful surprise, Sr. Casanova

You are always so beautiful, Adriana

Our Lorenzo is really cool

His ideas are so striking that I often wonder in astonishment ...

.. where do you get such inspiration?

Let's sit in the stalls, so you can attend a sneak preview

Read here, the conquests of Don Giovanni in Italy, 320

Pardon this impulse of national pride but why so few ...

.. It could easily give the impression that our hero despises the Italian beauties

Why do not we make it 640?

In Spain also is mentioned 703 ...

Gentlemen, we're talking about the greatest ever seducer in the whole world

It is impossible that at home, his tally is so low

and therefore ... increased, and rounded down to a good 1003?

One thousand and three? ... Thousand three

Miss, this is the catalog

the beauties which my lord has loved

it is a catalog kept by me

Observe, read me.

In Italy, 640,

In Germany, 231,

100 in France, Turkey 91,

But in Spain

But in Spain already 1003.

Among them are farm girls,

Housekeepers, citizens,

There are Countess, Baroness,

Marquis, princesses,

And there are women of all ranks

all types, of all ages.

In Italy, 640,

In Germany, 231,

I certainly don't wish to intrude on what the muses whisper to you

but I have discovered that your idea for the end of the opera Don Giovanni is a ...

... reformation, him coming to be married to ... well, the greatest love of his life

Is it true?

All nonsense! Who told you such nonsense?

And there are women of all ranks

all types, of all ages.

with the blonde, he has a habit ...

of praising her kindness,

with the brunette, her constancy,

with white, her sweetness.

In winter he chases the plump,

And the slim in summer,

the haughty majestic,

the haughty majestic,

the small one

small is always charming,

You are right, who loves only one woman is nothing but a selfish

To the old conquests,

for the pleasure

to put them on my list;

His predominant passion

the young beginner,

If she be rich,

if ugly, if beautiful,

As long as she wears skirts,

You already know what you do ...

As long as they wear skirts,

You know what you do ...

You know what you do ...

Okay, good, good gentlemen. Thank you, thanks

Excuse me just a moment Giacomo. I'll be right back

I'm sorry about your father, Wolfgang

and my deepest condolences

Thanks Lorenzo

No. .. no

Do not leave me alone

I loved my father

He sometimes has been unfair, cruel in his relationship with me.

He forced me to play the piano instead of letting me play with other children

But I was touched by the gods, a prodigy

They made me compliments, they applauded me

and my father picked up the benefits

I choked in the world he built around me

He urged me to save, to earn always more money, more money, more money

Always for the good of the family

One day he said if I did not do so, the devil would come to take me

What do you think? It's just as he said

The devil would have taken me

I loved him, despite that

Totally ... I loved him and feared him

I feared his reproaches, his criticisms

He walked away from me, when he realized that my music was better than his

He was jealous, understand, jealous of his own son. Of all the people who loved me

he sought to take control of my life. He said what I should and should not do

And above all, he hated Costanza. When I married her, he wrote me a letter

in which he said I was indebted to him for all the money he had invested in me.

What do you think?

That's stinginess

Sometimes in my thoughts, my dreams ...

.. I wanted his death

Move on, Mozart! You are upset and that's enough!

Only you must overcome this misfortune and there is nothing better than working

No, I can't continue with Don Giovanni

My wife is right, it's harming me. I should abandon it

But you say?

But do not you understand? If I finish this opera I also lose my soul

But it is ridiculous. I pray you come to your senses

If you feel such an oppressive weight inside you, go see a priest

And get yourselves a good absolution

So why do you not give me absolution?

Hold on. That's not what I meant

Are you not perhaps a priest?

Yes, yes, but long ago ... Lorenzo, I beg you

If you are truly my friend free me from this torment

Kneel

I absolve you from your sins. In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen

Amen

Bravo, bravo

A magnificent idea, me here

Now the best you can do is to forget Annetta

Stop thinking about that woman

Well. That depends on you

Have you decided to dedicate a serenade?

It is your fault that I am broken-hearted

What do you mean?

It's been you who led me to rediscover Annetta

You are the guilty one

Oh! ! The Vizier arrives!

- Are you bored, my beauty? Yes, my great love

Without you, time drags into eternity

My love, I bring you this jewel, as a sign of my love

You do not know the service this does me

When a musician falls sick at the last moment is difficult to find a replacement in time

For me it's an honor to play among so many virtuosos

Only I don't know if I'll be up to the mark, see?

No, it's just a little stage fright

Annetta, I have no student better than you

You will see that everything will go well

Once you start to play, fear disappears altogether. Be calm

I thank you

Master Are you sure ... What if he does not come?

Absolutely sure

Which ring do you prefer?

This Ah, the biggest

Yes Okay

Free at last,

Gentile Zerlina, that dunce

What do you think, my dear, of what I have done?

Signor, he is my husband

Who, him?

Do you think that an honest man,

a gentleman such as I value myself

could put up with that lover of gold,

could stand for that sweet face,

to be mistreated by a vulgar lout

But, sir, I gave my word to marry him

That word is worthless.

You are not meant to be a peasant,

another fate awaits those entrancing eyes,

the mouth so beautiful,

those fingers candid and fragrant

which I believe to care ...

and smell the roses.

Ah ... I would not want ...

What would you not want?

the end, be deceived.

I know that gentlemen rarely are

honest and sincere with women.

That is slander of the common people

honesty is painted in the eyes of the nobility

therefore lose no time; right now,

I want to marry you.

You!

Yes, I

That pavilion is mine!

we will be alone

and there, my treasure

we will get married.

there we will join hands,

There you will tell me yes.

Look, is not far:

Let us go, my dear, from here

I would, and yet would not ...

my heart trembles a little ...

Happy, it is true, it would be

but you can still make a game of me

Come, my adored one!

Masetto, I'm sorry!

I will change your luck

soon ... I can resist no more

Come, come ...!

Here we will join hands,

I would and I would not

There you will tell me yes.

My heart trembles a little

Let us go, my dear, from here

but you can still make a game of me

Come, my adored one!

Masetto, I'm sorry!

I will change your luck

soon ... I can resist no more

Let's go!

Let's go!

Let's go, Let's go, my darling!

to ease the pain ...

of an innocent love

Let's go, Let's go, my darling!

to ease the pain ...

of an innocent love

So? How did it go?

It went very well And Annetta?

She played to perfection! But I should not say that!

What did you say? After rehearsal she left immediately

Because of me? Don't you understand anything?

Now you must have patience, and you must take time to reflect in peace

Meantime why not occupy your mind with something else?

Perhaps finishing the final scenes of the opera

I remind you that we open in less than a week

You will take a chill out here

Why do not you stay for dinner at our house?

Lorenzo. Lorenzo

Lorenzo. Lorenzo Da Ponte

Come and make love to me

Come on, it's so cold tonight. I'll warm you.

Then tomorrow Lorenzo, I hope

I left the door open for you

Were you so sure that would have come?

No. .. but I hoped

and now you are with me

Good heavens, Lorenzo, you are burning. Wait

Don Giovanni has invited to dinner the statue of the commander he had killed in a duel

Certainly had not thought the commander would have accepted his invitation

Let's get to the nub

Repent!

Change your life, this is your final moment

No. No. I do not repent

Get away from me

Repent, heartless one!

No. Old fool!

Repent!

No! Repent!

No! No!

Are you really convinced, Lorenzo? Right?

Why do you not at least once waive this dull trip to hell and go instead to paradise?

An Annetta saves his soul

"The fair price for those who till the end have been slaves of earthly pleasures."

Let us save your soul!

Let's say he does not say no. No

Don Giovanni assumes his own responsibility

Otherwise he would be a hypocrite

That's what you yourself preached - "a moment of earthly life is worth more than all eternity"

I ... I would have said that?

Well, what matter. Why give it to the eternal fire?

Maybe because you will meet me there and want to condemn me

No, Giacomo

It is I whom you recognize in Don Giovanni

If so, his fall would also yours

Only a part of my life

The part from which I want to break free

But, why? Why?

Why her? For a loving relationship. For a lover!

All my lessons thrown into the sea.! Freedom! ! Free ...!

Maybe you don't approve the fact that Lorenzo and I are in love

Sorry. But I react according to my conscience

Ah ... Sir ... for mercy ...

Do not go out there ...

The man of stone, the white man ...

Oh, love, I'm cold, I stagger ...!

If you could see its face

If you heard how it sounds

Ta, ta, ta, ta !

I don't understand anything,

Ta, ta, ta, ta !

You're really crazy

Ah, listen!

Someone is knocking

Open

I'm shaking

Open, I tell you

Ah!

Crazy!

To resolve this intrigue, I'll go open it myself

I do not want to see his friend again, hide me again

Don Giovanni, I have come to dine with you

You invited me, and I came.

I should never have believed this

but I do what I can

Leporello, start to serve

another dinner

Ah, sir!

Ah, sir, we are all dead!

Get going, I tell you!

Stop!

Mortal food does not nourish us

who feed on food from heaven.

Other matters more serious than these,

other aspirations have guided me here.

Speak, then

I have the tertian fever ... and all my members tremble

What are you looking for? What do you want?

I will speak, listen: I don't have much time

Speak, speak, I hear you

I will speak, listen: I don't have much time

Speak, speak, I hear you

You invited me to dinner,

you know your duty.

Answer me:

Are you going to have dinner with me?

Come with me! You do not have time ... excuse yourself.

Of cowardice I'll never be accused

Decide!

I've decided.

You come?

Say no! Say no!

The heart is strong in my chest, I have no fear, go.

Give me your hand and pledge!

Here is ...

Woe is me! What a terrible chill!

Repent, change your life. This is your final hour!

No, no, I do not regret, get away from me

Repent heartless one!

No, old fool!

Repent !

No!

Repent!

No!

Yes!

No!

Ah, there is no more time!

I have a strange fear that takes hold of me ...

Whence these horrendous whirlwinds of fire?

Nothing is too much for your faults. Come, there is still further evil.

Who rips out my soul? Who tears at my insides?

What torture, oh my, what torture! To hell! What terror!

What a disfigured face!! What damned look!

Nothing is too much for your faults. Come, there is still further evil.

What torture, oh my, what torture! To hell! What terror!

Ah!

Ah!

Thank you. Thank you gentlemen, thank you.Thanks to all

Gentlemen, Bravo, Bravo my dear Mozart

A great work. Bravo!

Thank you, your Majesty. Yes, it is a good work but ...

.. the question is ... how shall I say ... I think it is a meal too heavy for my Viennese subjects

If the food is so heavy, your majesty, allow them time to digest it. Right?

What impertinence, majesty! Mozart is finished

Thanks Mozart. Thank you for your sensitivity and wisdom

It is I who thank you, Da Ponte

It has been worthwhile. To mix with you and your own demons

And also mine. Thanks

Thanks for coming! Congratulations, really special

Magnificent performance, congratulations Thank you

Annetta

Did you like the opera? Are you Don Giovanni?

Lord. Try to behave more appropriately

And who are you to tell me how to act?

This is Lorenzo Da Ponte

The opera librettist He is unworthy

I ask why with such impudence, would he be recounting the exploits of a libertine

I really liked it!

and the music was beautiful

W. Amadeus Mozart died three years after the first Viennese performance of Don Giovanni at the age of 35 years

Lorenzo Da Ponte died in New York, married with children, at the age of 87 years

English subtitles © Hugh O'Connor, Australia, 2010 www.hibrasil.biz