Later that night, Giovanni and Leporello have sought refuge in a cemetery. Leporello reveals his identity, confusing everyone, and escapes. Leporello, still disguised as Don Giovanni, is trying to escape when Anna, Ottavio, Masetto, and Zerlina converge upon him. The supposed Leporello sends them off in all directions, disarms Masetto, and beats him. Just then an armed Masetto and his followers arrive in search of the fugitive.
Elvira is lured away by the man she thinks is her beloved, and the real Giovanni is left to serenade the maid. Later that evening Don Giovanni soothes a disgruntled Leporello and hatches his latest plot, this one aimed at Elvira’s maid and requiring master and servant to exchange clothes. The three guests unmask and Don Giovanni’s adventures seem at an end, but by a sudden intervention he once again escapes his accusers. Giovanni tries to make Leporello seem like the offending villain, but no one is taken in. Her cries, however, bring everyone to her aid. With the party in full swing, Giovanni leads Zerlina into an adjoining room. As Giovanni leads the young couple into the villa, Anna, Ottavio, and Elvira enter wearing masks and are quickly invited by the master to join the festivities. He renews his wooing of Zerlina, but her sharp-eyed fiancé intervenes. Not in the least deterred, Giovanni orders Leporello to prepare a lavish party for all the neighbors. Anna soon realizes the truth and calls for vengeance. When Elvira interrupts again, Giovanni attempts to pass off her hysterics as madness and leaves to “help” Elvira in her distress. Anna and Ottavio arrive, not yet recognizing Giovanni as the murderer.
The latter excites Giovanni’s fancy, but his seduction of her is interrupted by Elvira, who sweeps Zerlina away.
Around midday, Giovanni and Leporello happen upon the rustic nuptial celebration of Masetto and Zerlina. Servant and master spy on her and when they all meet, Giovanni talks his way out of trouble and escapes, leaving Leporello to explain his master’s philandering ways. In the early morning, Giovanni’s jilted lover Donna Elvira searches for him. Anna returns with Don Ottavio, her fiancé, and the two swear revenge. The Commendatore rushes to her defense as Don Giovanni slays the old man and flees. Late at night, Don Giovanni’s servant Leporello is keeping watch while his master attempts to rape the daughter of the Commendatore, Donna Anna.
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