Donizetti's Don Pasquale
In a performance from New York's Metropolitan Opera, Joseph Colaneri conducts soprano Rachelle Durkin and tenor Matthew Polenzani in Donizetti's final comic opera, Don Pasquale.
Don Pasquale
Live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
In Donizetti's brilliant comedy, the elderly bachelor Don Pasquale plans to marry and produce an heir in order to disinherit his nephew, Ernesto, who has become infatuated with a young widow, Norina. Don Pasquale asks his doctor to help fix him up with a suitable woman but the cunning doctor tricks Pasquale into marrying a disguised Norina, who promtly begins to drive him to distraction.
Presented by Margaret Juntwait with guest commentator Ira Siff.
Norina ..... Rachelle Durkin* (soprano)
Ernesto..... Matthew Polenzani (Tenor)
Dr Malatesta ..... Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone)
Don Pasquale..... John Del Carlo (bass)
Notary......Bernard Fitch (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera
conductor Joseph Colaneri
*Rachelle Durkin will sing the role of Norina in this Saturday's matinee performance of Don Pasquale, replacing Anna Netrebko, who is ill.
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- Sat 19 Feb 2011 18:00大象传媒 Radio 3