Name: Don Pasquale
Start: 2022-09-21
End: 2022-09-21
Location: Gran Teatre del Liceu

Organization

Costume designer

Agostino Cavalca

Stage director

Damiano Michieletto

Set designer

Paulo Fantin

Lighting designer

Alessandro Carletti

Video designer

Roland Horvath

Chorus master

Pablo Assante

Singer

Soprano

Sara Blanch

Norina

Serena Sáenz

Bass

David Cervera

A notary

Tenor

Xabier Anduaga

Ernesto

Baritone

Andrzej Filończyk

Doctor Malatesta

Carles Pachon

Carlos Chausson

Don Pasquale

Alessandro Corbelli

Conductor

Josep Pons

Santiago Ballerini

Gran Teatre del Liceu

Opéra National de Paris

Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Royal Opera House

Others

Cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Orchestra

Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu

Barcelona

Spain

Don Pasquale Donizetti

Public

Private

Approved

Don Pasquale , premiered at the Théâtre Italien in Paris in 1843 (where Donizetti had settled since 1838), presents a comic story of one deception over another deception; beloved title that has raised more than one smile to the audience of many generations. From the brilliant opening, a masterpiece that ignores the Rossini model, a lively elegance and a perfect symbiosis between music and text are unfolding. A masterpiece of a genius where music is already eminently theatrical.

From the radiant score of Donizetti, according to legend, written in just 10 days, the ingenious production of Damiano Michieletto is still as fun and full of life as ever. With sincerity and dramatic depth, in this current proposal we recognize the characters as archetypes of the commedia dell'arte but of our small world and, immediately, they are moving. Michieletto opens the way to the heart of a seemingly cheerful work, considered the apotheosis of the puppet opera.

The melodic richness, one of the main musical aspects, underlines the farce; an extremely cruel farce such as   Verdi's Falstaff punishment. A very funny and at the same time emotional, disturbing and burlesque comedy.

English

Don Pasquale by Donizetti, Wed 21 Sep 2022, From (2022/2022), Directed by Damiano Michieletto,, Conductor Josep Pons, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain

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