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don pasquale

Palais Garnier - from 22 March to 16 April 2019

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don pasquale

Opera Gaetano Donizetti

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Palais Garnier - from 22 March to 16 April 2019

2h30 with 1 interval

Language : Italian

  • Opening night : 22 March 2019

  • Don Pasquale

    Opera in three acts

    • Music :

      Gaetano Donizetti

    • Libretto :

      Giovanni Ruffini

      Gaetano Donizetti

    Coproduction avec le Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres
    et le teatro Massimo, Palerme
    Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris

About

In few words:

Don Pasquale, an old greybeard, decides to take a wife in order to overturn his nephew Ernesto’s plans. Ernesto, however, with the help of Doctor Malatesta, undertakes to ensnare Don Pasquale in the meshes of his own trap, entrusting the role of bride-to-be to Norina, his own betrothed. Docile, then intractable, Norina excels in playing at false appearances. The conflict between the two generations smoulders and stokes the comedy whilst producing an undercurrent of wistful yearning. With sincerity and dramatic profundity, Damiano Michieletto opens a pathway to the heart of an apparently light-hearted work, renowned as the apotheosis of opera buffa.

  • Opening
  • First part 80 mn
  • Intermission 30 mn
  • Second part 45 mn
  • End

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Audio clips

Podcast | Don Pasquale - Gaetano Donizetti

Don Pasquale - Ouverture

Don Pasquale - Acte I - Norina (Nadine Sierra )

Don Pasquale - Acte III - Don Pasquale (Michele Pertusi) et Dottor Malatesta (Florian Sempey)

Media coverage

  • Damiano Michieletto offre à Don Pasquale une entrée au répertoire digne des ors du Palais Garnier.

    Marie-Aude Roux, Le Monde, 13/06/2018

  • Abattage scénique, richesse du timbre, puissance de la projection, le Français remportera même la bataille de barytons du fameux duo de l’acte III avec Don Pasquale.

    Marie-Aude Roux, Le Monde, 13/06/2018

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