Opera
Don Pasquale
Gaetano Donizetti
This is a madhouse!— Don Pasquale
A great success with audiences past and present, Donizetti’s opera Don Pasquale is a comedy on the theme of the eternal triangle. The composer adopts Rossini’s buffo style, emulating its virtuosity and energy, and distilling from it an essential core made possible by his own crystalline style and distinctive flair. This is irresistible music: music that pours out, ripostes, caresses, beguiles, swirls, and is at times tinged with nostalgia. With Alain Altinoglu at the helm, this delightful festive epilogue to the year will be tackled with brio by Laurent Pelly, whose zest for humour is well known.
The story
Furious at his nephew and heir Ernesto, a rich old bachelor, Don Pasquale, decides to marry. To bring him back to his senses, his friend Malatesta organises a fake marriage with his supposed sister, who is actually the clever young Norina, Ernesto’s fiancée. The gentle and tender innocent turns into a tyrannical, whimsical wife. A succession of scenes and disappointments leads Don Pasquale to regret his marriage and he is relieved when the truth emerges.
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OperaLaurent Pelly at La Monnaie
A video portrait
In January, director Laurent Pelly returns to la Monnaie for a new production of Tchaikovsky's Yevgeny Onegin. It marks his fifth visit to our house, after Don Quichotte (2010), Cendrillon (2011), The Golden Cockerel (2016) and Don Pasquale (2018), who all met with critical and public acclaim. In this small documentary, we sit down with Laurent Pelly to look back on these beloved La Monnaie productions and to discuss the artistic credo that underpins them.
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OperaThe economy of means employed to tell a story that gets straight to the point
Director Laurent Pelly on ‘Don Pasquale’
The director Laurent Pelly returns to La Monnaie this December with Don Pasquale. We were able to interview him at the end of the summer, a few days before he left for Philadelphia where he presented a new production of Lucia di Lammermoor in September. A conversation devoted to Donizetti.
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OperaFocus dramaturgy
‘Don Pasquale’
‘Don Pasquale’ is the ideal opera for the holiday season. Let our dramaturge Marie Mergeay convince you to come see the show.
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Dates
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Sun 09 Dec 2018
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15:00
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Tue 11 Dec 2018
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20:00
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Wed 12 Dec 2018
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20:00
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Thu 13 Dec 2018
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20:00
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Fri 14 Dec 2018
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20:00
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Sun 16 Dec 2018
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15:00
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Tue 18 Dec 2018
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20:00
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Wed 19 Dec 2018
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20:00
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Thu 20 Dec 2018
Time
14:00
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Infos
Building Bridges
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Fri 21 Dec 2018
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20:00
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Sun 23 Dec 2018
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15:00
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Cast
ConductorALAIN ALTINOGLU
Director and costume designLAURENT PELLY
Set designCHANTAL THOMAS
LightingDUANE SCHULER
Chorus masterMARTINO FAGGIANI
Libretto di Giovanni Ruffini e Gaetano Donizetti, tratto dal Ser Marcantonio di Angelo Anelli
Don PasqualeMICHELE PERTUSI
PIETRO SPAGNOLI (11, 13, 18, 20, 23)
Dottor MalatestaLIONEL LHOTE
RODION POGOSSOV (11, 13, 18, 20, 23)
ErnestoJOEL PRIETO
ANICIO ZORZI GIUSTINIANI (11, 13, 18, 20, 23)
NorinaDANIELLE DE NIESE
ANNE-CATHERINE GILLET (11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 23)
Un NotaroALESSANDRO ABIS
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
MM Academy led by Benoît Giaux
ProductionSANTE FÉ OPERA (2014), GRAN TEATRO DEL LICEU (BARCELONA, 2015)
PresentationDE MUNT / LA MONNAIE
With the support of THE BELGIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S TAX SHELTER, IN COOPERATION WITH PROSPERO MM PRODUCTIONS SA/NV AND TAXSHELTER.BE, POWERED BY ING
