Don Giovanni

Barrie Kosky's production of Don Giovanni takes up the ambivalence between grotesque comedy and dark drama contained in the original play and looks deep into the psyche of the characters. Father-child conflicts, master-servant dynamics and the eternal search for one's own identity play an essential role in the interpretation of the characters. For Kosky, the space created by the play becomes a "laboratory for contradictory ideas about human existence without ready-made answers." The drama focuses on the deeply psychological, Dionysian and dangerous nature of the individual characters, who ultimately have to take responsibility for their own self-destructive urges.