Description
Warm and bright Italian street scenes, lyrical arias and charming duets blend harmoniously in a new production of Donizetti’s celebrated comic opera.
Warm and bright Italian street scenes, lyrical arias and charming duets blend harmoniously in a new production of Donizetti’s celebrated comic opera.
There can be few comic operas as pleasing to the eye and to the ear as Don Pasquale. With its warm and bright Italian street scenes and lyrical arias, Donizetti’s celebrated work is reawakened by the respected Australian director Roger Hodgman, designer Richard Roberts and lighting whiz Matt Scott.
The comic plot centres on Don Pasquale, an elderly miser, who takes it into his head to disinherit his uppity nephew Ernesto (in love with Norina) by marrying and producing an heir. He asks his doctor to find him a suitable match. A marriage contract is hastily drawn up by the cunning Dr Malatesta between Don Pasquale and Malatesta’s ‘sister’ (the disguised Norina). With the ink barely dry, the shy and demure bride begins to create so much havoc that the groom is only too happy to pay to get rid of her. And so ensues much merriment and misadventure until the time-honoured reversal of fortune at the end when Don Pasquale gives the young couple his blessing.
Eye-catching designs, charming duets and amusing machinations blend harmoniously in a special treat for opera-lovers.
The versatile ensemble stars the distinguished bass Conal Coad in the title role, soprano Rachelle Durkin, tenor Ji-Min Park and baritone Andrew Jones. Don Pasquale is conducted by Guillaume Tourniaire, the former chief conductor of Prague State Opera.
Performed in Italian with English surtitles.
A co-production partnership with Tokyo Art Foundation and Opera Australia.
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Artist Information
Conductor
Guillaume Tourniaire
Director Roger Hodgman
Set & Costume Designer Richard Roberts
Lighting Designer Matt Scott
Don Pasquale Conal Coad
Norina
Rachelle Durkin
Ernesto Ji-Min Park
Dr Malatesta Andrew Jones
Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
Opera Australia Chorus
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