Scene from Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni' 1787 (c1914). Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer, first performed in Prague in 1787. The libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749-1838) was based on Moliere's play of 1665 'Don Juan, ou le festin de Pierre' ('Don Juan, or the Stone Banquet'). Here Don Giovanni is attempting to seduce Zerlina, a country girl to whom he sings 'Give me thy hand, oh fairest' ('La ci darem la mano'). From 'A Day With Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart' by May Byron. (London, c1914).


Scene from Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni' 1787 (c1914). Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer, first performed in Prague in 1787. The libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749-1838) was based on Moliere's play of 1665 'Don Juan, ou le festin de Pierre' ('Don Juan, or the Stone Banquet'). Here Don Giovanni is attempting to seduce Zerlina, a country girl to whom he sings 'Give me thy hand, oh fairest' ('La ci darem la mano'). From 'A Day With Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart' by May Byron. (London, c1914).


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