A stranger creeps into Donna Anna’s bedroom in the dark. A struggle ensues. And as the stranger flees, he stabs the man who nobly rushes to her aide: her father.

Now, it’s time for revenge. And the target of Donna Anna’s rage is none other than the title character in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” now on stage at San Francisco Opera.

Step into a vision of the United States on the verge of collapse in director Michael Cavanagh’s dystopian production, set close to the year 2090.

“Don Giovanni” marks the culmination of Cavanagh’s Mozart-Da Ponte trilogy, uniting the three operas that composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and poet Lorenzo Da Ponte wrote together under a single roof.

Cavanagh’s great American house rose during the 18th-century — a time of Enlightenment, when Mozart was hitting his stride and the United States was taking shape. Now, the house falls in “Don Giovanni,” the final installment of the trilogy.

A house divided reflects a nation divided: The nobleman Don Giovanni runs amok, ruled only by his own pleasure, while the stragglers in this American wasteland suffer for his excesses.

Etienne Dupuis stars as the Don, aided and abetted by his much-abused servant Leporello, played by Luca Pisaroni. But justice is coming for them. A coalition of nobles and commoners — played by Adela Zaharia, Amitai Pati, Christina Gansch, Nicole Car, Cody Quattlebaum and Soloman Howard — are set on ending Don Giovanni’s wickedness.

See Mozart’s immortal work come to life under the baton of conductor Bertrand de Billy in his company debut. “Don Giovanni” is on stage now through July 2, 2022: sfopera.com/giovanni

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