Don Pasquale - Opera - Season 23/24 Programming - Opéra national de Paris

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    Don Pasquale

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Palais Garnier - from 14 September to 13 October 2023

    On sale 30 May 2023 from 12 p.m

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Don Pasquale

Palais Garnier - from 14 September to 13 October 2023

On sale 30 May 2023 from 12 p.m

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Don Pasquale

Gaetano Donizetti

On sale 30 May 2023 from 12 p.m

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Palais Garnier - from 14 September to 13 October 2023

2h35 with 1 interval

Language : Italian

Surtitle : French / English

  • Opening night : 14 Sept. 2023

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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

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

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  • Damiano Michieletto gives Don Pasquale an entry into the repertoire worthy of the gold of the Palais Garnier.

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