Donizetti: Don Pasquale

Directed by Richard Studer
Conducted by Jonathan Lyness

Acts 1 and 2: 75 Minutes

Interval

Act 3: 40 Minutes

A comic masterpiece with absurd characters, unlikely disguises and chaotic confusion, wrapped in a dazzling score and fizzing with witty ensembles. This tale of the aging Don Pasquale marrying the coquettish younger Norina shows Donizetti to be a successor to Rossini and an anticipator of Verdi, while
proving that married life, no matter how longed for or welcomed, is not as simple as anyone might expect!

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