Characters of Don Giovanni

The eight principal characters of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni and their dramatic roles.

• Don Giovanni: An arrogant young aristocrat and unrepentant libertine whose predatory seductions culminate in supernatural damnation.
• Leporello: Don Giovanni's cynical and long-suffering servant who famously catalogues his master's countless romantic conquests.
• Il Commendatore: Donna Anna's father, killed in a duel by Don Giovanni, who returns as an animated marble statue to drag his killer to hell.
• Donna Anna: The Commendatore's grieving daughter, who demands justice and vengeance against Don Giovanni for her father's murder.
• Don Ottavio: Donna Anna's loyal and patient fiancé, who pledges to avenge her father's death through lawful retribution.
• Donna Elvira: A noblewoman from Burgos who was seduced and abandoned by Don Giovanni, torn between bitter fury and lingering love.
• Zerlina: A charming and spirited peasant girl whose upcoming marriage is disrupted by Don Giovanni's attempted seduction.
• Masetto: Zerlina's rustic fiancé, who is fiercely jealous and deeply distrustful of Don Giovanni's aristocratic intentions.