Pacific Northwest Opera will open its 2026-27 season with Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale.” The production opens on Oct. 30, 2026 and runs through Nov. 8 for a total of four performances at McIntyre Hall in Mount Vernon, Washington. Andy Papas sings the title role with Mark Davies as Doctor Malatesta, Ethyl Trujillo as Norina (in her company debut), and Ganson Salmon {…}
Nevill Holt Festival has announced the cast and creative team for its 2026 production of Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale,” presented in partnership with Opera North. Australian-British baritone Grant Doyle takes the title role, with soprano Harriet Eyley as Norina, tenor Aaron Godfrey-Mayes as Ernesto, and baritone Henry Neill as Dr. Malatesta. Ross McInroy, a member of the Opera North Chorus, completes {…}
Random Opera will be presenting “Don Pasquale” on April 11, 2026 at Temple Speech Room, Rugby. The opera production by Richard Tegid Jones was first presented on film in 2021 and was streamed on Marquee TV. As such, this presentation represents the live performance of the production. The Donizetti comedy will star Jones in the the the title role alongside {…}
Druid City Opera has announced the cast for its June 2026 production of Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Paul Houghtaling is set to take on the title role, with Indianapolis-based tenor Ganson Salmon as Ernesto and Alabama artists Daniel Seigel and Kathleen Buccleugh as Malatesta and Norina. The company also revealed that soprano Shelby Stephens, tenor Joshua Jones, baritone {…}
Nevill Holt Festival has announced that Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” will be its opera production for 2026. The work, presented in partnership with Opera North, will get four performances on May 29 and 31 and June 5 and 7, 2026, at the Festival’s Leicestershire venue. “Don Pasquale” returns to Opera North after more than 35 years. “’Don Pasquale’ represents everything we {…}
The Mendocino Music Festival has unveiled its 2025 lineup. “Don Pasquale” takes the stage with Ryan Murray conducting. Liisa Dávila, Salvatore Atti, Matthew Peterson, and E. Scott Levin are the soloists. Performance Dates: July 18, 2025 “Stravinsky at Home: Music for Family, Friends, Lovers” will feature mezzo-soprano Silvie Jensen alongside such pianists as Alexander Katsman, Susan Waterfall, Julian Pollack, Carolyn Steinbuck, {…}
Calgary Opera is set to present Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale.” The opera, which is set to be performed on Feb. 1, 5, and 7, 2025, will be showcased in a Hollywood cinematic production at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium. The all-Canadian cast will include John Fanning in his role debut as Don Pasquale, Lucia Cesaroni as Norina, John Tessier as Ernesto, {…}
(Photos by Octavio Valencia) Festival Napa Valley has concluded a historic production of “Don Pasquale.” The Donizetti classic was presented at the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for Performing Arts at UC Davis on Friday, Nov. 15, marking the first-ever staged opera at the venue. “We are honored to have partnered with Festival Napa Valley to present this exceptional production {…}
Every production at the Donizetti Opera Festival has its specialty and purpose. One (this year, “Roberto Devereux”) is a serious production of the highest quality, another is a rare piece (this time “Zoraida di Granata,” which also took a stand to bring the most serious and painful topics to the stage), and another is fun and delightful. So, when you {…}
(Photo: Gianfranco Rota) As part of the Donizetti Opera Festival (DOF), the stage came to life with “Don Pasquale,” the renowned opera buffa by Gaetano Donizetti, one of the last and most refined jewels of Italian bel canto. This production in Bergamo not only pays homage to the composer in his hometown but also celebrates the tenth anniversary of its {…}
The Donizettian musicologist and researcher Luca Zoppelli notes that we are unusually well-informed about the genesis of Don Pasquale, thanks to Giovanni Ruffini. Ruffini, a young Italian writer and political refugee in Paris, met Gaetano Donizetti and began collaborating with him. Initially, Ruffini translated to the Italian Dom Sébastien before writing the libretto for “Don Pasquale,” which he signed with {…}