A remorseless womanizer who will stop at nothing to pursue her conquests. Victims determined to find justice or, at least, revenge. A murdered parent. An interrupted assault. A sinister masquerade. A fatal feast. But don’t worry. It’s a comedy.

Don(na) Giovanni is Mozart’s masterpiece as you’ve never seen or heard it, completely reimagined and set against the backdrop of modern-day Philly. Art City Opera transforms this tale to center the relationships among queer woman, and explores how gender identities color how we perceive and respond to abuse. Yet despite the changes, this opera still wrestles with a central question that is as relevant today as it was in the 18th century: how do we punish abusers in a culture that is prepared to shield them?