The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale

The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale

133 mins | Music | Nov. 13, 2010

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.

The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale

133 mins | Music | Nov. 13, 2010

The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale
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.
Producers Deutsche Grammophon
Original title The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale
Directors Gary Halvorson, Otto Schenk
Writers Giovanni Ruffini

Cast

Anna Netrebko

as Norina

John del Carlo

as Don Pasquale

Mariusz Kwiecien

as Dr. Malatesta

Matthew Polenzani

as Ernesto

Bernard Fitch

as Carlino

Susan Graham

as Self - Host

James Levine

as Self - Conductor