Opera - Don Pasquale

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GAETANO DONIZETTI

Don Pasquale

127:02

Opera buffa in three acts, text by Giovanni Ruffini and the composer, after A. Anelli

1

Overture

6:24

Act I

No. 1: Introduction

2

'Nine already'

1:54

Don Pasquale

3

'May I join you?'

1:14

Malatesta, Don Pasquale

4

'Down from among the angelic host'

3:12

Malatesta, Don Pasquale

5

'She is my sister!'

1:16

Malatesta, Don Pasquale

6

'Ah! Quite unexpectedly passions inflame me'

2:09

Don Pasquale

No. 2: Recitative and Duet

7

'I'm a new man'

2:43

Don Pasquale, Ernesto

8

'Getting married?'

1:47

Ernesto, Don Pasquale

9

'Never again shall I find you'

2:40

Ernesto, Don Pasquale

10

'There's one thing I must say briefly'

1:05

Ernesto, Don Pasquale

11

'. . .is his own sister.

0:16

Don Pasquale, Ernesto

12

'Ah! The fates have conspired to thwart me/

2:45

Ernesto, Don Pasquale

No. 3: Cavatina

13

'With just one glance she pierced him'

2:14

Norina

14

'I too have seen how magical'

4:03

Norina

No. 4: Recitative and Duet. Finale I

15

'Still no sign of the doctor!'

2:39

Norina, Malatesta

16

'I'll find a way, on one condition'

3:09

Norina, Malatesta

17

'Am I to be haughty?'

1:50

Norina, Malatesta

18

'Onwards, upwards'

3:30

Norina, Malatesta

Act II

No. 5: Prelude and Aria

19

'Poor, lost Ernesto!'

4:04

Ernesto

20

'I shall go, no more returning'

2:24

Ernesto

21

'And if you ever encounter'

3:21

Ernesto

No. 6: Scene and Trio

22

'After you have shown in Doctor Malatesta'

1:40

Don Pasquale

23

'Don't be frightened, just believe me'

4:22

Malatesta, Norina, Don pasquale

No. 7: Scene and Quartet. Finale II

24

'There's no need to be firghtened'

2:52

Malatesta, Norina

25

'Heaven preserve me!'

1:42

Don Pasquale, Malatesta, Norina

26

'Agreement between the . . . etcetera'

2:57

Malatesta, Notary, Don Pasquale

27

'You idiots, let me through here'

2:05

Ernesto, Norina, Malatesta, Don Pasquale

28

'So let the marriage contract be finalized at once'

1:32

Malatesta, Notary, Norina, Don Pasquale, Ernesto

29

'A man of such decrepitude'

1:31

Norina, Don Pasquale, Malatesta, Ernesto

30

'I've used persuasion first'

3:34

Norina, Malatesta, Don Pasquale, Ernesto

31

'I wish to see the servants'

2:46

Norina, Don Pasquale, Malatesta, Ernesto

32

'I've been cheated and disparaged'

2:28

Don Pasquale, Ernesto, Norina, Malatesta

Act III

No. 8: Introductory Chorus

33

'Bring the diamonds, quickly!'

1:15

Servants, Don Pasquale

No. 9: Recitative and Duet

34

'Let's see now: to the dress shop'

1:52

Don Pasquale

35

'Well good evening! You're in a hurry'

2:56

Don Pasquale, Norina

36

'It is over, Don Pasquale'

3:30

Don Pasquale, Norina

37

'My husband, my sweetest'

2:43

Norina, Don Pasquale

No. 10: Recitative

38

'Another bill for bonnets or for ribbons'

1:27

Don Pasquale

39

'Everyone endlessly coming and going!'

3:50

Servants

No. 11: Recitative and Duet

40

'We're agreed then'

1:05

Malatesta, Erneto

41

'Don Pasquale . . .'

3:32

Malatesta, Don Pasquale

42

'No more words, not even whispers'

3:59

Don Pasquale, Malatesta

43

'What a disaster, my little schemer'

2:35

Don Pasquale, Malatesta

No. 12: Serenade and Nocturne

44

'The night is calm'

4:06

Ernesto, Chorus

45

'Come, say the words I long for'

3:29

Norina, Ernesto

No. 13: Scene and Rondo. Finale III

46

'Here they are! Ready to pounce?'

3:16

Don Pasquale, Malatesta, Norina

47

'Here I am'

1:21

Ernesto, Malatesta, Norina, Don Pasquale

48

'Let's forget everything'

3:41

Don Pasquale, Malatesta, Norina, Ernesto, Servants

Andrew Shore baritone - Don Pasquale

Jason Howard baritone - Dr Malatesta

Barry Banks tenor - Ernesto

Lynne Dawson soprano - Norina

Clive Bayley bass - A Notary

David Parry

15, 17, 18, 20 & 21 November 1997

…Barry Banks as Ernesto, a performance to compare favourably with those by foreign tenors who have a wider but not necessarily more justified international reputation.


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