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Why does Donna Elvira seek revenge against Don Giovanni?
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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.
Donna Elvira seeks revenge against Don Giovanni because he seduced and subsequently deserted her. Upon encountering him in Seville, she expresses her rage at this betrayal, and her resolve is further hardened after learning from his servant, Leporello, that she is merely one of over a thousand women in his extensive catalogue of conquests. Throughout the opera, her pursuit of justice is driven by the hurt caused by his abandonment and her desire to expose his true nature to others.12