The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale

(2010)

★ 8.4 IMDb · 45 votes

Genres: Music

Year: 2010

Runtime: 133 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Gary Halvorson, Otto Schenk

Cast: Anna Netrebko, John del Carlo, Mariusz Kwiecien, Matthew Polenzani, Bernard Fitch, Susan Graham, James Levine, MET Orchestra

Plot

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.