Don Giovanni - Opera Australia National Tour

It’s the last day of Don Giovanni’s life, but he doesn’t know that. 

For opera’s own Casanova, it’s just another day of pleasure seeking. Seducing a bride on her wedding day. Breaking into a woman’s bedroom in the dead of night. Killing her furious father. 

Even before the curtain rises, Mozart reveals Don Giovanni’s fate. An earth-shattering chord from the orchestra signals the gates of hell clanging open. The scoundrel’s debauched days are at an end. 

Opera Australia’s National Tour returns to Bendigo with a fabulous, 1950s-inspired staging of Mozart’s dark comedic masterpiece. The production is directed by Michael Gow (writer of the seminal Australian play Away) and features a cast of some of Opera Australia’s finest singers, performing alongside a live chamber orchestra. 

CREATIVE

DIRECTOR Michael Gow 
SET & COSTUME DESIGNER Robert Kemp 
LIGHTING DESIGNER Matthew Scott 

Image credit: Daniel Boud

This production is supported by
The Opera Conference, Australia’s national partnership of professional opera companies, the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts and funding advisory body, by the NSW Government through Create NSW, and by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. 

Approximate Duration: 2 hours - includes interval

Patron advice: Suitable for 16+ years. Strong/coarse language. Mature/adult themes. Sexual references. Depictions of or references to themes related to violence or abuse sexual content. Theatrical haze.

This performance is part of the Signature Works we're presenting in 2026. For details of other productions please visit our Signature Works web page.