Don Giovanni's popularity and success are due in
part to Mozart's unique blending of the comic and the serious, the speed of its dramatic and musical action and to the quality of the music. Of all Mozart's operas, few have combined with such genius, serious subject matter with comic effect. The figure of Leporello recounting the promiscuous adventures of his master
in the famous Cataloque Aria contains some of the funniest moments in opera while the challenge of the Commendatore to Giovanni in the final scene is one of the most chilling.

The other decisive factor in its popularity is the fascinating figure of the Don himself, the libertine and the blasphemer, whose courage endears him to the
men and his scandalous reputation to the women.
He is a brilliant, irresponsible figure with a dash of philosophy, and a villain with a keen sense of humour.