Don Juan in Prague
Costume Designer
Don Juan in Prague was a radically re-conceptualized version of Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni, remixed as a digital media extravaganza and starring the renowned avant-garde Moravian singer, actress, and violinist Iva Bittová as a passionate Donna Elvira. The production remained true to Mozart’s music and to the libretto by da Ponte, telling the saga of a hapless Don ultimately condemned to hell for his unrepentant philandering. It took on a resonant modernity through digital additions to the shimmering score along with the ingenious incorporation of video, provocative set and extravagant costumes.
“Don Juan featured a dazzling cast of American and Canadian singers in equally dazzling costumes, performing on a brilliant vertigo-inducing set that neatly captured Prague past and present”
-The Prague Post
“Irina Kruzhilina’s radiant Neo-Romantic/Constructivist costumes proved the most distinguished and fully realized element of the staging”
-David Shengold, Opera News Online
Creative Team
Director
David Chambers
Set Designer
Darcy Scanlin
Lighting Designer
Christopher Akerlind
Sound Designer
Daneil Baker
Video Designer
Peter Flaherty
Location
Prague National Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 2006