Power and Seduction
Eisendle, Reinhard / Pernerstorfer, Matthias J. / Weidinger, H. E.
This volume opens a new series by Don Juan Archiv Wien: Don Juan Studies, referring to the topic of Don Juan as a fascinating cultural subject of literature and theatre from the early 17th century up to our times. In 1826 Da Ponte's and Mozart's "Don Giovanni" (Prague 1787) was performed in New York for the first time, twenty-one years after Da Ponte emigrated to the United States. In the same year Da Ponte edited in New York "Tre drammi", whi...