This is from Mo Ibrahim's "The Allure of Nymphets" blog, but I won't post a link and thus give those who enjoy getting upset at such things any pleasure. It concerns Mozart's opera Don Giovanni (libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, with a little help, amazingly enough, from Giacomo Casanova!), which is based upon the legend of Don Juan:

In addition, it is well-known that Don Giovanni was a libertine, who seduced over 1,000 females in Spain - not to mention other lands, but many would be surprised to realize that he specialized in nymphets.

For example, Giovanni's servant, Leporello, explained to Donna Elvira, one of Giovanni's young spurned conquests, that Giovanni's "... outstanding passion is the youthful beginner....provided she wears a skirt."

While pretending to be Giovanni, Leporello referred to Donna Elvira as, "Poor little girl...pretty little face!

During his seduction of "Little" Zerlina, a peasant girl, Giovanni told her, "... you are not destined to be a peasant, those roguish little eyes will win you another lot, those lovely little lips, those white and fragrant little fingers; it's like touching reeds and smelling roses." Zerlina was further described as "... my little dear," and as having, "...white and young little hands...that fresh complexion..."

And, Giovanni informed Leporello, "I met a beautiful, young, elegant girl on the street; I went up to her, I took her by the hand ..."

As to why this aspect of the classic work isn't much commented upon, Ibrahim theorizes:

My assumption is that it is very difficult to find nymphet opera singers; therefore, most performances of Don Giovanni are done by middle-age women which causes a major theme of the opera to get lost in translation.




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