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The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale

The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 13, 2010

Runtime

2h 13m

Genres

Music

Original Title

The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale

Production Companies

Deutsche Grammophon

Director

Gary Halvorson

Description

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.