Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Strauss’s Don Juan scandalized audiences with its shocking eroticism and ultra-modern musical style. The title character was a shameless libertine who spent a lifetime seducing women, but who secretly longed for monogamy with “the perfect woman.” Unable to resist acting upon his desires, lost in “a storm of pleasure,” he willed his own death. Marin Alsop leads this masterpiece that captures the passion, the torment, and the sorrowful end of this legendary character’s life in brilliant music, April 23–25 at the Kimmel Center. For tickets and more information, visit: philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/2025-26-season/bolero-and-don-juan
Strauss’s Don Juan scandalized audiences with its shocking eroticism and ultra-modern musical style. The title character was a shameless libertine who spent a lifetime seducing women, but who secretly longed for monogamy with “the perfect woman.” Unable to resist acting upon his desires, lost in “a storm of pleasure,” he willed his own death. Marin Alsop leads this masterpiece that captures the passion, the torment, and the sorrowful end of this legendary character’s life in brilliant music, April 23–25 at the Kimmel Center. For tickets and more information, visit: philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/tickets-and-events/2025-26-season/bolero-and-don-juan
