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You can’t go wrong with Don Giovanni, arguably Mozart’s best opera and inarguably one of his top three (along with The Marriage of Figaro and The Magic Flute). With the Washington National Opera, we know what to expect, not just from the music and libretto but also the staging. This is a reprise of the company’s 2007 production by director John Pascoe. That was pretty conventional and period-appropriate; there are no surprises here, just the familiar tragicomic escapades of the murderous sleazeball better known as Don Juan, played by Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov. $25–$300