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Don Giovanni (Opera)

Wolfgang Amadeus MozartArchive PhotosMusic:Wolfgang Amadeus MozartLibretto:Lorenzo da PontePremiere:Prague, October 29, 1787 One of the most praised operas, Don Giovanni combines high drama…

The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto

Author:Mario Vargas LlosaPublisher:Farrar Straus & Giroux Peruvian expatriate Vargas Llosa has left the dry political allegory of his most recent novel, Death in the Andes, and returned…

Brewer's: Don Giovanni

Mozart's best opera. (See Don Juan.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Don JuanDon A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…

Brewer's: Don Juan

A native of Seville, son of Don José and Donna Inez, a blue-stocking. When Juan was sixteen years old he got into trouble with Donna Julia, and was sent by his mother, then a widow, on his…

Brewer's: Don Quixote

(2 syl.). A gaunt country gentleman of La Mancha, gentle and dignified, affectionate and simple-minded, but so crazed by reading books of knight-errantry that he believes himself called…

Cats Don't Dance

Director: Mark DindalWriters: Roberts Gannaway, Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser and Theresa PettengillArt Director:Brian McEnteeMusic:Randy Newman and Steve GoldsteinChoreographer:Gene…

Don McLean Biography

Don McLeansinger, songwriterBorn: 10/2/1945Birthplace: New Rochelle, New York Don McLean has recorded more than 20 albums in a musical career that has spanned more than 25 years. But most…

Don Ho Biography

Don HoDonald Tai Loy HoHawaiian entertainerBorn: 8/13/1930Died: 4/14/2007Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii Don Ho, Hawaii's most famous entertainer, claims Hawaiian, Chinese, Portuguese,…

Don Sutton Biography

Don SuttonBorn: April 2, 1945Baseball RHP won 324 games and tossed 58 shutouts in his 23-year career; recorded NL record five career 1-hitters; lost 13 straight games to the Cubs–a major…

Don Mattingly Biography

Don MattinglyBorn: Apr. 20, 1961Baseball 1B American League MVP (1985); won AL batting title in 1984 (.343); led majors with 145 RBI in 1985; led AL with 238 hits (Yankee record) and 53…