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Terfel shines in Michieletto's new Don Pasquale

Royal Opera favourite Bryn Terfel heads the cast for this exhilarating production of Donizetti’s comedy of domestic drama across two generations.

Royal Opera favourite Bryn Terfel heads the cast for this exhilarating production of Donizetti’s comedy of domestic drama across two generations. Don Pasquale is the witty story of a middle-aged man whose supposed young wife runs rings around him – with her own ulterior romantic purpose in mind – and has long delighted and surprised audiences, not least as presented with the sparkle of its music and the virtuoso skill of its performers. Damiano Michieletto’s production shows how contemporary the characters still are and how immediate and touching the story remains.

"Don Pasquale is a genuinely funny comic opera and Damiano Michieletto's production updates it in a way that makes it funnier still." (The Daily Express ★★★★)

"Bryn Terfel is a delight ... marvellously resourceful, playing Don Pasquale like a second cousin to his Falstaff... Olga Peretyatko, making her Royal Opera debut, has a soprano of diamond-cut brilliance for the mettlesome Norina. Markus Werba is the quick-witted Malatesta and Ioan Hotea a nicely youthful Ernesto. Evelino Pidò conducts with native Italianate zing." (The Financial Times ★★★★)

Genre Opera
English title Don Pasquale
Composer Gaetano Donizetti
Stage Director Damiano Michieletto
Production year 2019
TV Director Pati Marr
Production Company The Royal Opera House
Musical style Classical
Conductor Evelino Pidò
Choir Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra / Band The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Soloist Bryn Terfel
Soloist Olga Peretyatko