A sudden symphonic blast quenches the bright chandeliers and the muffled murmuring of the excited audience in the stalls. Then a dismayed silence, soon followed by another thunderous roar of strings responding to the passionate baton of conductor Christoph Altstaedt. It is astonishing how a hurriedly scribbled sheet of notes – inked rapidly on a stave by a gifted Salzburgian lad on the same day of the premiere of his opera – can bewitch a whole theatre, promising to take you on a journey of both laughter and horror. A grumbling faithful servant, a mysterious seductive nobleman, a not so sincere fiancée and an impulsive murder are the starting ingredients to bake the most delicious and libidinous cake you’ll ever taste – anyone fancy a bit of Don Giovanni?
