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Don Pasquale

Don Pasquale

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 17, 1979

Runtime

2h 13m

Genres

Music, Comedy

Original Title

Don Pasquale

Production Companies

The Metropolitan Opera

Director

Kirk Browning

Description

This John Dexter production, designed by Desmond Heeley, was a parting gift to the great American soprano Beverly Sills, who bid farewell to the Met as Norina, the smart young widow at the center of Donizetti’s comedy. The sensational Alfredo Kraus sings her beloved Ernesto. Håkan Hagegård, in his Met debut role and season, is Dr. Malatesta, the man who helps the young couple trick the crusty old bachelor of the title (Gabriel Bacquier at his comical best) into a fake marriage. This being a Donizetti comedy, it all turns out perfectly well at the end—and getting there is pure operatic fun.