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28/05/2015

Donizetti - Don Pasquale

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Penny Gore presents a performance of Donizetti's Don Pasquale from the Vienna State Opera.

Penny Gore presents Donizetti's Don Pasquale performed at the Vienna State Opera. With Michele Pertusi (Pasquale), Juan Diego Florez (Ernesto) and Valentina Nafornita (Norina).

Penny Gore presents a sparkling performance of Donizetti's witty comedy recorded in April this year at the Vienna State Opera, starring the tenor Juan Diego Florez in one of his signature roles as Ernesto, the buffo bass Michele Pertusi in the title role, and 2011 Cardiff Singer winner Valentina Nafornita as Norina.

The old, wealthy, but miserly bachelor Don Pasquale wants to marry off his nephew Ernesto to a wealthy woman, but Ernesto prefers a love match with the young, penniless widow Norina. Pasquale disinherits him and decides to take a young wife of his own, to the advice of his friend and doctor, Malatesta. But the young couple run rings around him, and the moral of the story is: don't marry in old age.

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Donizetti: Don Pasquale

Don Pasquale ..... Michele Pertusi (bass)
Ernesto ..... Juan Diego Florez (tenor)
Norina ..... Valentina Nafornita (soprano)
Dr Malatesta ..... Alessio Arduini (baritone)
Carlino ..... Wolfram Igor Derntl (bass)

Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor Jesús López-Cobos

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