Gaetano Donizetti – DON PASQUALE – Act II finale (Corena, Oncina, Sciutti, Krause) скачать в хорошем качестве

Gaetano Donizetti – DON PASQUALE – Act II finale (Corena, Oncina, Sciutti, Krause)

DON PASQUALE Opera buffa in 3 acts Composer: Gaetano Donizetti Libretto: Giovanni Ruffini & the composer, based on Angelo Anelli’s libretto ‘Ser Marcantonio’ First performance: Théâtre-Italien, Salle Vendatour, Paris, 3 January 1843 SETTING: Rome, at the start of the 19th century. PLOT: Don Pasquale, a rich old man, decides to marry. Dr Malatesta, unable to dissuade him, suggests that he marry the doctor’s sister Agnes, a timid, innocent girl raised in a convent. The sister is really Norina, a young widow beloved by Don Pasquale’s nephew Ernesto, whose marriage Pasquale has forbidden. Instead of the sweet wife he had expected, Don Pasquale has married a shrew. The old man eventually learns to his relief that the marriage was bogus, and gladly approves Ernesto and Norina’s marriage. ‘Don Pasquale’ is Donizetti’s most popular opera, and has been loved ever since its Paris premiere. It remained in the repertoire even in the dark days when all but this, ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ (1835) and ‘L’elisir d’amore’ (1832) had vanished. The opera is elegant and witty, although some critics complain that the plot, which involves the gulling of an old man, is cruel. Quartetto – Finale secondo: ‘(E rimasto là impietrato)’ Don Pasquale has disinherited his nephew Ernesto because he refuses to marry the girl Don P. has chosen. Dr. Malatesta (literally ‘Dr Headache’) has the solution: Don Pasquale will marry Ernesto’s girlfriend Norina, whom he passes off as his convent-reared sister Sofronia. To his horror, Don Pasquale finds that instead of the demure girl he thought he was marrying, ‘Sofronia’ is wilful and extravagant. Don Pasquale, vecchio celibatario, tagliato all’antica, economo, credulo, ostinato, un buon uomo in fondo / old bachelor, old-fashioned, miserly, gullible, obstinate, but a good man at bottom (buffo): Fernando Corena Dottor Malatesta, uomo di ripiego, faceto, intraprendente, medico e amico di Don Pasquale, e amicisimo di / makeshift man, humorous, enterprising, doctor and friend of Don Pasquale, and close friend of (baritone): Tom Krause Ernesto, nipote di Don Pasquale, giovane entusiasta, amante corrisposto di / Don Pasquale’s nephew, young and enthusiastic, in love with and loved by (tenor): Juan Oncina Norina, giovana vedova, natura subita, impaziente di contraddizione, ma schietta e affetuosa / young widow, hot-tempered, wants her own way, but forthright and affectionate (soprano): Graziella Sciutti Conductor: István Kertész Wiener Staatsopernchor und Orchester Vienna, 1964