Donizetti: Don Pasquale - DVD 2010 / The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus / Directed by Gary Halvorson / Conductor: James Levine / Deutsche Grammophon / Anna Netrebko, John Del Carlo, Matthew Polenzani

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AUDIO: Italian 2.0, Italian 5.1

Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian

Total Runtime: 133+9 minutes

English Summary:

This performance of Gaetano Donizetti's opera Don Pasquale was recorded at the Metropolitan Opera House with accompaniment from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, and featuring vocalists like John Del Carlo and Christine Mariusz Kwiecien in the leading roles.

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.

Conductor: James Levine
Artists:

Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Chorus: Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Production: Otto Schenk
Label: Deutsche Grammophon