Photo © Vincent Pontet / OnP
Photo © Vincent Pontet / OnP
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
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.
Characters
Don Pasquale: A rich old bachelor who decides to marry at the last minute in order to deprive his nephew of his inheritance.
Ernesto: Don Pasquale’s nephew who is in love with Norina.
Norina: A penniless young woman who, under the pseudonym of Sofronia, pretends to be Don Pasquale’s wife.
Doctor Malatesta: A friend of the family and an ally of Ernesto and Norina, he is the mastermind of the plan to fool Don Pasquale.
Don Pasquale
Opera in three acts
Music :
Conductor :
Director :
Set design :
Costume design :
Lighting design :
Video :
Chorus master :
Don Pasquale :
Dottor Malatesta :
16 April
Ernesto :
Norina :
Un notario :
Performances
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Gallery
Audio clips
Don Pasquale (saison 18/19)- Christian Senn (Dottor Malatesta), Michele Pertusi (Don Pasquale)
Don Pasquale (saison 18/19) - Pretty Yende
Don Pasquale (saison 18/19)- Javier Camarena (Ernesto)
Don Pasquale (saison 18/19)- Michele Pertusi (Don Pasquale)
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
About the work
The two faces of Don Pasquale
Podcast Don Pasquale
Draw-me Don Pasquale
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A Moral Tale. Or is it?
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Beyond the experience
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