Donna Anna

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Donna Anna is a principal soprano role in Mozart’s opera "Don Giovanni," known for its dramatic intensity and vocal virtuosity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
opera role
antagonisticRelationshipWith Don Giovanni NERFINISHED
appearsInOpera Don Giovanni NERFINISHED
belongsToComposerRepertoire Mozart soprano roles
centralThemeAssociation honor and vengeance
sexual violence and its aftermath
contrastsWithCharacter Donna Elvira NERFINISHED
Zerlina NERFINISHED
createdByComposer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart NERFINISHED
dramaticArc from shock and grief to determined pursuit of justice
dramaticCategory serious (noble) role in dramma giocoso
dramaticFunction noblewoman seeking justice
dramaticTrait dramatic intensity
ensembleParticipation Act 1 finale of Don Giovanni NERFINISHED
Act 2 sextet in Don Giovanni NERFINISHED
father Il Commendatore NERFINISHED
fiancé Don Ottavio NERFINISHED
firstAppearsInAct Act 1
hasAlternateLanguagePerformances English
German
importantAria Non mi dir, bell’idol mio
Or sai chi l’onore
isPrincipalRoleIn Don Giovanni NERFINISHED
languageOfOpera Italian
librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte NERFINISHED
musicalPeriod Classical era
nationalityInStory Spanish
oftenPerformedBy dramatic soprano
operaCatalogueNumber K. 527 NERFINISHED
operaGenre dramma giocoso
performanceTradition sung in original Italian
premiereDateOfOpera 1787-10-29
premierePlaceOfOpera Prague NERFINISHED
premiereTheatreOfOpera Estates Theatre NERFINISHED
relationshipToTitleCharacter victim and accuser of Don Giovanni
requiresTechnique coloratura agility
dramatic projection
legato singing
requiresVocalAttributes flexibility
stamina
wide range
sceneType extended recitative and aria scenes
setInCity Seville NERFINISHED
setInCountry Spain NERFINISHED
socialStatusInStory noblewoman
standardRepertoireStatus core Mozart soprano role
vocalRange lyric-dramatic soprano
vocalTrait vocal virtuosity
voiceType soprano

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Don Giovanni character Donna Anna
Anna Netrebko notableRole Donna Anna