Finishing touches for Don Pasquale

We’re in the final run up to the opening night of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale. The entire rehearsal process has gone smoothly and it’s time to add costumes, lights and orchestra for this production where spaghetti Western meets Italian opera. If Madama Butterfly is the quintessential tragedy, then Don Pasquale may be the ultimate comedy. Quite honestly, if you have only half as much fun watching the opera as the cast is having performing it, you’re in for a real treat (we’ve stopped counting how many times we had to stop in the middle of rehearsal because of our own laughter!). But what’s particularly exciting to me is that in the middle of all the madcap antics, the cast is managing to sing some incredibly difficult music and make it truly beautiful.

Don Pasquale is the perfect little dolce (It. for dessert) to end a full and rewarding season of opera. So treat yourself, you won’t regret it.