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The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale

2010 133 min Music

Donizetti’s timeless comedy shines in Otto Schenk’s enchanting production, conducted by James Levine and featuring a remarkable cast. The incomparable Anna Netrebko is Norina, the young widow beloved by Ernesto (a suave Matthew Polenzani), who is about to be disinherited by his miserly uncle, Don Pasquale (John Del Carlo). It takes the clever scheming of Dr. Malatesta (Mariusz Kwiecien) to set things right and to teach the old curmudgeon a lesson—fits of temper, mistaken identities, and all kinds of comic confusion included.

Writer: Giovanni Ruffini Director: Gary Halvorson Director: Otto Schenk

Cast

Anna Netrebko Anna Netrebko Norina
John del Carlo John del Carlo Don Pasquale
Mariusz Kwiecien Mariusz Kwiecien Dr. Malatesta
Matthew Polenzani Matthew Polenzani Ernesto
Bernard Fitch Bernard Fitch Carlino
Susan Graham Susan Graham Self - Host
James Levine James Levine Self - Conductor
MET Orchestra MET Orchestra