Don Giovanni — Don Giovanni Character Profile

About Don Giovanni

The notorious protagonist and master seducer. He attempts to woo Donna Anna, kills her father, and repeatedly pursues other women including Zerlina and Elvira's maid. After swapping clothes with his servant Leporello, he mockingly invites the Commendatore's statue to dinner, only to be supernaturally dragged into an open-pit fire by it.

Don Giovanni — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Ruggero Raimondi

Appears in

Don Giovanni (1979)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (7)

• Don Giovanni — Conflict Rival — Masetto (Malcolm King)

  Giovanni competes with Masetto for Zerlina's affection

• Don Giovanni — Romantic Seducer — Zerlina (Teresa Berganza)

  Giovanni attempts to seduce Zerlina

• Don Giovanni — Professional Master — Leporello (José van Dam)

  Giovanni is Leporello's employer and master

• Don Giovanni — Conflict Rival — Don Ottavio (Kenneth Riegel)

  Giovanni competes with Don Ottavio for Donna Anna's affection

• Don Giovanni — Romantic Ex-Lover — Donna Elvira (Kiri Te Kanawa)

  Giovanni had previously seduced and abandoned Donna Elvira

• Don Giovanni — Romantic Seducer — Donna Anna (Edda Moser)

  Giovanni attempts to seduce Donna Anna

• Don Giovanni — Conflict Murderer — The Commendatore (John Macurdy)

  Giovanni killed the Commendatore in a duel

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More characters from Don Giovanni

• The Commendatore (John Macurdy)
• Donna Anna (Edda Moser)
• Donna Elvira (Kiri Te Kanawa)
• Don Ottavio (Kenneth Riegel)
• Leporello (José van Dam)
• Zerlina (Teresa Berganza)
• Masetto (Malcolm King)
• A Valet in Black (Eric Adjani)