The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale
8.4
“Donizetti's Don Pasquale performed at the Metropolitan Opera”
Donizetti’s timeless comedy shines in Otto Schenk’s enchanting production, conducted by James Levine and featuring a remarkable cast. The incomparable Anna Netrebko is Norina, the young widow beloved by Ernesto (a suave Matthew Polenzani), who is about to be disinherited by his miserly uncle, Don Pasquale (John Del Carlo). It takes the clever scheming of Dr. Malatesta (Mariusz Kwiecien) to set things right and to teach the old curmudgeon a lesson—fits of temper, mistaken identities, and all kinds of comic confusion included.
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Anna Netrebko
Norina
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Ernesto
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Otto Schenk Director · Gary Halvorson Director Giovanni Ruffini Writer
United States release November 13, 2010 · Produced in United States
Production
Deutsche Grammophon
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United States
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Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
United States · November 13, 2010
Limited theatrical · Live performance
United States
January 5, 2011 · TV · PBS - Great Performances at the Met:
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