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""Warm and bright Italian street scenes, lyrical arias and charming duets blend harmoniously in a production of Donizetti's celebrated comic opera." -- ABC TV website."
"This John Dexter production, designed by Desmond Heeley, was a parting gift to the great American soprano Beverly Sills, who bid farewell to the Met as Norina, the smart young widow at the center of Donizetti's comedy. The sensational Alfredo Kraus sings her beloved Ernesto. Håkan Hagegård, in his Met debut role and season, is Dr. Malatesta, the man who helps the young couple trick the crusty old bachelor of the title (Gabriel Bacquier at his comical best) into a fake marriage. This being a Donizetti comedy, it all turns out perfectly well at the end--and getting there is pure operatic fun."
"Live from the Ravenna Festival of 2006 is Dramma Buffo in three acts."
"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."
"Timeless story of the trials and tribulations of a rich elderly man married to a cunning and unfaithful younger woman."
"Rappresentazione teatrale della celebre opera di Gaetano Donizetti."@it
"An unforgettable performance at the Teatro alla Scala."
"Film of Gaetano Donizetti's opera."
"A comic opera that tells of the trials and tribulations of a rich elderly man married to a cunning and unfaithful younger woman who really wishes to marry his nephew."
"Don Pasquale is an opera buffa, or comic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The librettist Giovanni Ruffini wrote the Italian language libretto after Angelo Anelli's libretto for Stefano Pavesi's Ser Marcantonio (1810)."
"Live from the Teatro alla Scala, 1994. Dramma buffo in three acts. Libretto by Giovannia Ruffini."
"Story of the trials and tribulations of a rich elderly man married to a cunning and unfaithful younger woman."