Don Giovanni

Opera North are bringing Mozart's Don Giovanni to the Theatre Royal on Wednesday 10 and Friday 12 March 2027, both nights starting at 7pm. It's a full-scale production directed by Alessandro Talevi, and it's one of the most performed operas in the world — dramatic, unsettling, and laugh-out-loud funny, with sparkling music and vibrant characters.

Talevi frames it as a dark comedy about a notorious womaniser whose charm gives way to cruel, toxic masculinity, and whose come-uppance is inevitable. It's staged as an eclectic production that plays out across time and space, sung in Italian with English subtitles, and runs three hours and fifteen minutes including the interval.

Opera North regularly tours to the Theatre Royal, staging full-scale operatic productions and pop-up performances across the city, so this is part of their ongoing presence in Newcastle. If you're not familiar with the story, it's the one about the legendary Don Juan and his pursuit of women, and the eventual reckoning that catches up with him. It's a classic for a reason, and this version leans into the darker, comedic side of the character rather than playing it as a straightforward romance.

Both performances are at 7pm on Wednesday 10 and Friday 12 March at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle upon Tyne, with the whole thing running three hours and fifteen minutes including the interval.