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Don Pasquale
Palais Garnier - from 14 September to 13 October 2023
Don Pasquale
Gaetano Donizetti
Palais Garnier - from 14 September to 13 October 2023
2h35 with 1 interval
Language : Italian
Surtitle : French / English
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Opening night : 14 Sept. 2023
About
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In few words:
Don Pasquale, an old fogey, believes he is playing a clever trick on his nephew Ernesto by telling him that he is going to marry a young girl – and thus will deprive him of any inheritance. But the charming Norina and Dr. Malatesta will beat him at his own game. Disguises, false marriages and trickery follow one another in Gaetano Donizetti’s opera inspired by the characters of the commedia dell’arte. With this whirlwind score, successfully premiered in Paris in 1843, the author of Lucia di Lammermoor shows a genuine talent for comedy and refreshes “opera buffa”. While director Damiano Michieletto delights in playing with eras, he preserves the work’s levity and brings out its bittersweet tenderness. Such is one of the trademarks of Donizetti, ever full of empathy for his characters, even when they are old fogeys...
CHARACTERS
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.
- Opening
- First part 80 mn
- Intermission 30 mn
- Second part 45 mn
- End
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Don Pasquale
Dramma buffo in three acts (1843)
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Watch online the recording from season 17/18 on Paris Opera Play, with Michele Pertusi, Florian Sempey, Lawrence Brownlee, Nadine Sierra...
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Don Pasquale - Ouverture
Don Pasquale - Acte III - Don Pasquale (Michele Pertusi) et Dottor Malatesta (Florian Sempey)
Don Pasquale - Acte III - Chœurs
Don Pasquale - Acte II - Ernesto (Lawrence Brownlee)
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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.
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Last-minute tickets
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Parking
You can park your car at the Q-Park Edouard VII. It is located at Rue Bruno Coquatrix 75009 Paris (in front of 23 Rue de Caumartin).
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