“Foolish indeed is he who marries in old age.” Thus ends Don Pasquale: with a wise dictum not lacking in irony that sums up the disappointments of its hero, a rich bachelor keen to marry who is deceived by his nephew Ernesto and his young bride-to-be Norina. First performed in Paris in 1843, at the turning point of several eras, Don Pasquale, a composite and varied work, is the apotheosis of opera buffa. Performed for the first time at the Paris Opera, the production has been entrusted to the Italian director, Damiano Michieletto, who transports us directly to the sincerity and dramatic splendour at the heart of an apparently light‑hearted work.
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Michele Pertusi
Don Pasquale
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Opera
Thais
Florian Sempey
Dottor Malatesta
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The Amorous Indies
Dardanus
Lawrence Brownlee
Ernesto
Also in
Rossini: La Cenerentola
The Metropolitan Opera: I Puritani
Nadine Sierra
Norina
Also in
The Metropolitan Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor
The Metropolitan Opera: La Sonnambula
Frédéric Guieu
Un notario
Gaetano Donizetti Writer · Giovanni Ruffini Writer Agostino Cavalca Costume designer
First release June 6, 2018 · Original title Opera national de Paris - Don Pasquale
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Original title
Opera national de Paris - Don Pasquale
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
France · June 6, 2018
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