The Metropolitan Opera Don Pasquale (2011)

Donizettis timeless comedy shines in Otto Schenks enchanting production conducted by James Levine and featuring a remarkable cast The incomparable Anna Netrebko is Norina the young widow beloved by Ernesto a suave Matthew Polenzani who is about to be disinherited by his miserly uncle Don Pasquale John Del Carlo It takes the clever scheming of Dr Malatesta Mariusz Kwiecien to set things right and to teach the old curmudgeon a lessonfits of temper mistaken identities and all kinds of comic confusion included