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12/03/2016

Donizetti's Don Pasquale

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Live from the Met, Donizetti's Don Pasquale

Live from the Met in New York, a performance of Donizetti's opera Don Pasquale.

Live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Maurizio Benini conducts a performance of Donizetti's lighthearted opera Don Pasquale. Starring Eleonora Buratto and Javier Camarena.

Donizetti: Don Pasquale

The elderly bachelor Don Pasquale plans to marry to produce an heir to disinherit his nephew, Ernesto, who has fallen in love with a young impoverished widow, Norina. Don Pasquale asks his supposed friend the doctor, Malatesta, to help fix him up with a suitable woman, but the plot thickens and twists when Malatesta helps the young couple Norina and Ernesto deceive Don Pasquale. Donizetti's graceful and witty score is conducted by Maurizio Benini, with celebrated soprano Eleonora Buratto making her debut as Norina, tenor Javier Camarena as Ernesto, and the baritone Ambrogio Maestri as the pompous Don Pasquale, live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.

Presented by Mary Jo Heath and commentator Ira Siff

Norina ..... Eleonora Buratto (soprano)
Ernesto ..... Javier Camarena (tenor)
Malatesta ..... Levente Molnár (baritone)
Don Pasquale ..... Ambrogio Maestri (baritone)

The Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York
The Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Maurizio Benini (conductor).

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