On Marriage and Laughter with Donizetti’s ‘Don Pasquale’

Maurizio Muraro in the title role of Donizetti's 'Don Pasquale'

Saturday afternoon’s opera broadcast features San Francisco Opera’s recent Laurent Pelly production of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, the farcical tale of mixed-up marriages and convoluted estate planning. Maurizio Muraro sings the title role, and is joined by Heidi Stober’s Norina, Lawrence Brownlee’s Ernesto, and Lucas Meachem’s Dr. Malatesta.

Lawrence Brownlee as Ernesto

Conductor: Giuseppe Finzi

Cast:

Don Pasquale: Maurizio Muraro

Norina: Heidi Stober

Ernesto: Lawrence Brownlee

Doctor Malatesta: Lucas Meachem

A Notary: Bojan Knežević

Heidi Stober as Norina