Don Pasquale (Sung in German)

Composer: Donizetti, Gaetano

Librettist/Text Author: Ruffini, Giovanni

Librettist/Text Author: Donizetti, Gaetano

Librettist/Text Author: Popelka, Joachim

Conductor: Urbon, Hector

Orchestra: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Chorus: Vienna State Opera Chorus

A Notary: Pernerstorfer, Alois

Doctor Malatesta: Helm, Hans

Don Pasquale: Czerwenka, Oscar

Ernesto: Alva, Luigi

Norina: Gruberova, Edita

Set Designer: Kralj, Matthias

Stage Director: Thoma, Helge

Television Director: Lesowsky, Wolfgang

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Date of Production: 03-1977

Venue: Vienna State Opera

Playing Time: 02:00:33

Catalogue Number: 2.110659

UPC: 747313565955

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Donizetti's Don Pasquale represents the high point of the Italian buff tradition, a sparking comedy using characters from commedia dell'arte in ways that are entertaining, witty and playful. It was the work selected by the Vienna State Opera for its 1977 tour through Austria. Starring famous singers like the bass Oskar Czerwenka, the great lyric tenor Luigi Alva and, on the cusp of international fame, Edita Gruberova (soon to become the 'queen of bel canto') - this filmed performance, in colour and sung in German, showcases on outstanding ensemble at the height of its powers.