Don Giovanni an der Bayerischen Staatsoper hinterlässt einige Fragen

Julia Kleiter (Donna Elvira) und Konstantin Krimmel (Don Giovanni)

Kseniya Bakhritdinova (Donna Anna)

Michael Sumuel (Leporello) und Konstantin Krimmel (Don Giovanni)

Konstantin Krimmel (Don GiovannI), Paweł Horodyski (Masetto) und Erika Baikoff (Zerlina)

Julia Kleiter, Kseniya Bakhritdinova, Julian Prégardien und Konstantin Krimmel

Erika Baikoff (Zerlina), Konstantin Krimmel (Don Giovanni) und Paweł Horodyski (Masetto)

By Christoph Wurzel, 25 January 2026

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Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 22 January 2026

Mozart, Don Giovanni

Bavarian State Opera

Constantin Trinks, Conductor

David Hermann, Director

Jo Schramm, Set Designer

Sibylle Wallum, Costume Designer

Felice Ross, Lighting Designer

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

Olaf Roth, Dramaturgy

Konstantin Krimmel, Don Giovanni

Michael Sumuel, Leporello

Kseniya Bakhritdinova, Donna Anna

Julia Kleiter, Donna Elvira

Erika Baikoff, Zerlina

Christof Fischesser, The Commendatore

Julian Prégardien, Don Ottavio

Paweł Horodyski, Masetto

Jean-Philippe Guilois, Choreography

Christoph Heil, Choirmaster / chorus director

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Christoph Wurzel

Nach dem Studium der Germanistik, Politikwissenschaft, Philosophie und Musikwissenschaft war Christoph Wurzel lange im pädagogischen Bereich tätig. Er interessiert sich besonders für die gesellschaftlich relevanten Aspekte der Musik. Er lebt in Baden – Baden und schreibt für verschiedene Magazine in Deutschland.