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How does Don Giovanni use Leporello to distract Masetto at the ballroom party?
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Don Giovanni
Illustration (c. 1914) of a scene from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Don Giovanni (1787), in which Don Giovanni attempts to seduce Zerlina.
At the ballroom party in Don Giovanni’s castle, Don Giovanni uses Leporello to distract Masetto by forcing him to dance. This maneuver occupies Masetto, allowing Giovanni to successfully drag Zerlina away from the party to pursue her.1