Donizetti: Don Pasquale 14 years old

Donizetti's Don Pasquale performed at the Metropolitan Opera

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.

Credits

Donizetti: Don Pasquale Cast

Name	Character
Anna Netrebko She was 39, now 53 years old	as Norina
Matthew Polenzani He was 42, now 56 years old	as Ernesto
Bernard Fitch	as Carlino

Donizetti: Don Pasquale Crew

Name	Department
Otto Schenk as Director. He was 80 (now 94) years old	Directing
Gary Halvorson as Director. He was 10 (now 24) years old	Directing