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DON PASQUALE

Evelino Pidò 708819BADG  ph Brescia e Amisano © Teatro alla Scala

Davide Livermore 673020BADG ph Brescia e Amisano © Teatro alla Scala_1

Don Pasquale

Opera

Don Pasquale

Gaetano Donizetti
From 11 May to 4 June 2024

Opera buffa in three acts

Libretto by Giovanni Ruffini and Gaetano Donizetti

Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus

Teatro alla Scala Production

Performance in Live Streaming

ConductorEVELINO PIDO'
StagingDAVIDE LIVERMORE
SetsDAVIDE LIVERMORE E GIÒ FORMA
CostumesGIANLUCA FALASCHI
LightsNICOLAS BOVEY
VideoD-WOK

Cast

Don Pasquale Ambrogio Maestri
Norina Andrea Carroll
Ernesto Lawrence Brownlee
Malatesta Mattia Olivieri

In brief

Davide Livermore’s production sets Donizetti’s bitter comedy in the melancholic atmospheres of the black and white films of Cinecittà. The many references to the history of Italian cinema do not detract from the immediacy and liveliness of the narrative, which unfolds amidst greyscale scenery—now dark, now pearly—designed by Livermore himself with Giò Forma, and animated by the contrast with the colourful costumes by Gianluca Falaschi. Memorable is Norina’s fantastic flight over the Roman landscape in an Alfa Giulietta. The reprise is conducted by Evelino Pidò, and the protagonist roles are sung by Ambrogio Maestri, Andrea Carroll, Lawrence Brownlee, and Mattia Olivieri.