Description
Donizetti - Don Pasquale / Sills, Gramm, Kraus, Titus / Ambrosian Opera Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra / Sarah Caldwell / Emi Classics 2x Audio CD 1996 / 2CD
UPC 724356603028
TOTAL TIME:
52:36 CD1
69:38 CD2
Don Pasquale (Italian pronunciation: [ˌdɔm paˈskwaːle]) is an opera buffa, or comic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti with an Italian libretto completed largely by Giovanni Ruffini as well as the composer. It was based on a libretto by Angelo Anelli for Stefano Pavesi's opera Ser Marcantonio written in 1810 but, on the published libretto, the author appears as "M.A."
Donizetti so dominated the preparation of the libretto that Ruffini refused to allow his name to be put on the score. This resulted in confusion over the identity of the librettist for more than half a century, but as Herbert Weinstock establishes, it was largely Ruffini's work and, in withholding his name from it as librettist, "Donizetti or [his assistant] Accursi may have thought that, lacking Ruffini's name, the authorship might as well be assigned to Accursi's initials as to a pseudonym".
The opera was first performed on 3 January 1843 by the Théâtre-Italien at the Salle Ventadour in Paris with great success and it is generally regarded as being the high point of the 19th century opera buffa tradition and, in fact, marking its ending.
Artists & Credits:
| Ambrosian Opera Chorus | Choir/Chorus |
| Clive Barda | Photography |
| Sarah Caldwell | Conductor, Primary Artist |
| Peggy Cochrane | Libretto Translation |
| Gaetano Donizetti | Librettist |
| Marianne Fernee | Liner Note Translation |
| Robert J. Gooch | Balance Engineer |
| Philip Gossett | Liner Notes, Synopsis |
| Donald Gramm | Vocals |
| Hasan Kobay | Cover Illustration |
| Alfredo Kraus | Vocals |
| London Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra |
| Johanna Mayr | Liner Note Translation |
| John McCarthy | Choir Master |
| Henry Newman | Vocals |
| Giovanni Ruffini | Librettist |
| Beverly Sills | Vocals |
| Alan Titus | Vocals |
| John Willan | Producer |
| Reg Wilson | Photography |
Don Pasquale, opera
Disc 1
1
Preludio
2
Act 1. Scene 1. Son nov'ore
3
Act 1. Scene 1. Dunque? ...Zitto, con prudenza
4
Act 1. Scene 1. Bella siccome un angelo
5
Act 1. Scene 1. Ah! Un foco insolito
6
Act 1. Scene 1. Son rinato. Or si parli al nipotino
7
Act 1. Scene 1. Prender moglie?... S?, signore
8
Act 1. Scene 1. Sogno soave e casto
9
Act 1. Scene 1. Due parole ancor di volo
10
Act 1. Scene 1. Ah! Mi fa il destin mendico
11
Act 1. Scene 2. Quel guardo il cavaliere
12
Act 1. Scene 2. So anch'io la virt? magica
13
Act 1. Scene 2. e il Dottor non si vede!
14
Act 1. Scene 2. Pronta io son, purch'io non manchi
15
Act 1. Scene 2. Vado, corro
16
Act 2. Introduzione
17
Act 2. Povero Ernesto!
18
Act 2. Chercher? lontana terra
19
Act 2. E se fia che ad altro oggetto
Disc 2
1
Act 2. Quando avrete introdotto il dottor
2
Act 2. Via, da brava... Reggo appena
3
Act 2. Non abbiate paura
4
Act 2. Misericordia!
5
Act 2. Fra da una parte et cetera
6
Act 2. Indietro, indietro, mascalzoni
7
Act 2. Pria di partir, signore
8
Act 2. Questo contratto, adunque
9
Act 2. ? rimasto l? impietrato
10
Act 2. Riunita immantinente
11
Act 2. Son tradito, beffeggiato
12
Act 3. Scene 1. I diamanti, presto, presto
13
Act 3. Scene 1. Vediamo: alla modista cento scudi
14
Act 3. Scene 1. Signorina, in tanta fretta, dove va
15
Act 3. Scene 1. ? finita, Don Pasquale
16
Act 3. Scene 1. Via, caro sposino
17
Act 3. Scene 1. Qualche nota di cuffie
18
Act 3. Scene 1. Che interminabile andirivieni!
19
Act 3. Scene 1. Siamo intesi... Sta bene
20
Act 3. Scene 1. Questa repentina chiamata
21
Act 3. Scene 1. Cheti cheti immantinente
22
Act 3. Scene 1. Aspetta, aspetta, cara sposina
23
Act 3. Scene 2. Com'? gentil - la notte a mezzo april!
24
Act 3. Scene 2. Tornami a dir che m'ami
25
Act 3. Scene 2. Eccoli: attenti ben...
26
Act 3. Scene 2. Eccomi... A voi accorda Don Pasquale
27
Act 3. Scene 2. Bravo, bravo, Don Pasquale!
