<P> Don Giovanni ( Italian pronunciation : ( dɔn dʒoˈvanni ) ; K. 527 ; complete title : Il dissoluto punito , ossia il Don Giovanni , literally The Rake Punished , namely Don Giovanni or The Libertine Punished ) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte . It is based on the legends of Don Juan , a fictional libertine and seducer . It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the National Theater ( of Bohemia ) , now called the Estates Theatre , on 29 October 1787 . Da Ponte 's libretto was billed as a dramma giocoso , a common designation of its time that denotes a mixing of serious and comic action . Mozart entered the work into his catalogue as an opera buffa . Although sometimes classified as comic , it blends comedy , melodrama and supernatural elements . </P>
<P> Don Giovanni ( Italian pronunciation : ( dɔn dʒoˈvanni ) ; K. 527 ; complete title : Il dissoluto punito , ossia il Don Giovanni , literally The Rake Punished , namely Don Giovanni or The Libertine Punished ) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte . It is based on the legends of Don Juan , a fictional libertine and seducer . It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the National Theater ( of Bohemia ) , now called the Estates Theatre , on 29 October 1787 . Da Ponte 's libretto was billed as a dramma giocoso , a common designation of its time that denotes a mixing of serious and comic action . Mozart entered the work into his catalogue as an opera buffa . Although sometimes classified as comic , it blends comedy , melodrama and supernatural elements . </P>
the overture of don giovanni is in what form
the overture of don giovanni is in what form
opera in two acts
opera in two acts