Directors have decided that Donna Anna wants to be raped by Don Giovanni and is in love with him

Quoted from "I can't tell you how many directors have decided that Donna Anna wants to be raped by Don Giovanni and is in love with him, even though she has never seen him before," said American soprano Megan Marie Hart. "I think it is easier than actually asking me what I think or how I see it as a woman." in the Ms. magazine article A Feminist in Frills: Why Sexism Is a Problem In Opera by Claire Kenny, 2023,, as quoted on Zitate berühmter Personen.