Baritone Andrzej Filończyk sings the title role, bass Krzysztof Bączyk is his servant Leporello, while bass Hubert Kowalczyk appears as Masetto.
Canadian mezzo-soprano Michèle Losier sings Donna Elvira, while American bass Morris Robinson and Belarusian bass Alexander Roslavets alternate as Il Commendatore.
The staging is a revival of Jan Bosse’s production, which premiered in 2019, with Omer Meir Wellber, general music director of the Hamburg State Opera, conducting.
There are three more performances of Don Giovanni in the current run, on October 4, 7 and 9.
In recent years, Andrzej Filończyk has sung the part of Don Giovanni, one of his signature roles, at such venues as the Semperoper in Dresden, Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, the Wiener Staatsoper and the Deutsche Oper in Berlin.
In the 2025/26 season, he made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Sharpless in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.
He returns to the Met in the current season as Lescaut in Jules Massenet’s Manon.
Krzysztof Bączyk also belongs to a select group of Polish singers who regularly appear at the Metropolitan Opera.
This season, he is to sing the part of the Pharaoh in Verdi’s Aida.
He has performed at the Royal Opera House in London, the Opéra National de Paris and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, as well as at the summer festivals in Glyndebourne, Aix-en-Provence and Salzburg.
A member of the Hamburg Staatsoper company, Hubert Kowalczyk has a wide-ranging repertoire, including roles in operas by Mozart (Don Bartolo in The Marriage of Figaro and Sarastro in The Magic Flute), Verdi (Ferrando in Il Trovatore and Sparafucile in Rigoletto) and Puccini (Colline in La Bohème).
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