Donizetti: Don Pasquale

Donizetti: Don Pasquale

124 mins | Jan. 1, 2006

Determined to wed, a foolhardy old man is tricked by his friends into a sham wedding with an impish widow who turns into a harpy -- which subsequently cures his desire to marry in composer Gaetano Donizetti's famous opera buffa. Baritone Alessandro Corbelli plays the title character in this lush 2002 production also starring soprano Eva Mei and tenor Antonino Siragusa, with maestro Gérard Korsten leading the Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Lirico.

Donizetti: Don Pasquale

124 mins | Jan. 1, 2006

Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Determined to wed, a foolhardy old man is tricked by his friends into a sham wedding with an impish widow who turns into a harpy -- which subsequently cures his desire to marry in composer Gaetano Donizetti's famous opera buffa. Baritone Alessandro Corbelli plays the title character in this lush 2002 production also starring soprano Eva Mei and tenor Antonino Siragusa, with maestro Gérard Korsten leading the Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Lirico.
Producers
Original title Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Directors Andrea De Rosa
Writers

Cast

Claudio Desderi

as Don Pasquale

Mario Cassi

as Dottor Malatesta

Juan Francisco Gatell

as Ernesto (as Francisco Gatell)

Laura Giordano

as Norina

Gabriele Spina

as Un notaro

Riccardo Muti

as Himself - Direttore