1-148-713 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Scene from the opera Don Giovanni (1787), c1914. The stone statue of the Commandatore arrives to join the feast to which Don Giovanni has jokingly invited him. Don Giovanni killed the Commandatore who had challenged him when Don Giovanni had seduced his daughter, Donna Anna. Mozart's opera was first performed in Prague in 1787. The libretto of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni (1787) was based on Moliere's text. From A Day With Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by May Byron. (London, c1914).