The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale
13/11/2010
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.
Movie Information
Anna Netrebko
as Norina
John del Carlo
as Don Pasquale
Mariusz Kwiecien
as Dr. Malatesta
Matthew Polenzani
as Ernesto
Bernard Fitch
as Carlino
Susan Graham
as Self - Host
James Levine
as Self - Conductor
MET Orchestra
as
