From Mozart to Bad Bunny: Don Giovanni revisited in a contemporary key
The experimental opera by cabosanroque revisits the myth of Don Juan from a contemporary perspective, bringing Mozart and Bad Bunny into dialogue in order to question present-day forms of seduction, desire and masculinity. The proposal starts from a comparison between the catalogue of Don Giovanni’s conquests, recited by Leporello in Madamina, il catalogo è questo, and the song Tití me preguntó, by Bad Bunny. Despite the distance of 235 years, both pieces share the same logic: listing women and conquests from a male perspective marked by unsatisfied desire.
The show asks what version of Don Giovanni corresponds to our times, whether the seducer can still be a fascinating figure or whether he must be read as a predator, and what role women play. After more than fifteen years without actors on stage, cabosanroque places six girls at the centre of a sound scenography that combines Mozart, new composition and reggaeton.
Artistic team
Creation and direction: cabosanroque
Musical direction and original music: cabosanroque
Performers: Lisa Willems, Adriana Aranda, Sandra Monfort, Irina Soriano, Naia Membrillera, Mar Esteban Martin
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio
Arrangements: cabosanroque and Lisa Willems, Adriana Aranda, Sandra Monfort, Irina Soriano, Naia Membrillera and Mar Esteban Martin
Set design: cabosanroque, Flexo arquitectura (revolving doors), Studio Animal (traffic lights)
Costume design: cabosanroque
Lighting: cube.bz and cabosanroque
Sound design: Damien Bazin and cabosanroque
Movement direction: Tuixén Benet
Text design and animation: Minimalia (Yasmin Manssour and Helena Cané)
Executive production: Helena Febrés Fraylich
Co-production: cabosanroque, El Canal, Teatre Lliure and Temporada Alta
With the support of Institut Català d’Empreses Culturals – ICEC
