Donizetti: Don Pasquale

This is a classic account of Donizetti’s adorable opera, with superb conducting by Riccardo Muti, and a virtually flawless cast; and it’s ravishing to look at too. Michael Tanner

 

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5

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:37 pm

COMPOSERS: Donizetti
LABELS: Arthaus
WORKS: Don Pasquale
PERFORMER: Furlanetto, Gallo, Kunde, Focile; La Scala/Muti; dir. Vizioli (Milan, 1994)
CATALOGUE NO: 107 207

This is a classic account of Donizetti’s adorable opera, with superb conducting by Riccardo Muti, and a virtually flawless cast; and it’s ravishing to look at too. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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