NCPA's Production of Donizetti's Opera Don Pasquale

Published on Sep 7, 2016

NCPA's Production of Donizetti's Opera Don Pasquale

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: December 1-4, 2016

Venue: Drama Theatre of NCPA

Prices: 100, 280, 380, 480, 580


Features: Don Pasquale, opera buffa (comic opera) in three acts by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. From December 1st-4th in 2016, the NCPA's production of Don Pasquale will be staged in Drama Theatre of NCPA in Beijing.


BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Conductor: Daniele Callegari
Director: Pier Francesso Maestrini
Set Design: Gao Guangjian
Costume Design: Alberto Spiazzi
Lighting Design: Pascal Merat


Leading Cast:
Don Pasquale by Bruno Pratico/Li Ao
Noria by Ekaterina Bakanova/Xu Lei
Ernesto by Shi Yijie/Yuan Lu
Dottor Matatesta: Filippo Polinelli/Liu Songhu
Natalo by Wang Hexiang


Don Pasquale is an opera buffa, or comic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti with an Italian libretto completed largely by Giovanni Ruffini as well as the composer. It was based on a libretto by Angelo Anelli for Stefano Pavesi's opera Ser Marcantonio written in 1810 but, on the published libretto, the author appears as "M.A."


NCPA's Production  Opera Don Pasquale

Donizetti so dominated the preparation of the libretto that Ruffini refused to allow his name to be put on the score. This resulted in confusion over the identity of the librettist for more than half a century, but as Herbert Weinstock establishes, it was largely Ruffini's work and, in withholding his name from it as librettist, "Donizetti or Accursi may have thought that, lacking Ruffini's name, the authorship might as well be assigned to Accursi's initials as to a pseudonym".


The opera was first performed on 3 January 1843 by the Theatre-Italien at the Salle Ventadour in Paris with great success and it is generally regarded as being the high point of the 19th century opera buffa tradition and, in fact, marking its ending.


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BOOKING INFORMATION

Online Tickets Booking Available now!

Children under 1.2m are NOT admitted!

Tickets can't returned or changed once sold!

TICKET PRICES

  • 100
  • 280
  • 380
  • 480
  • 580

Prices are in RMB (“×” Sold Tickets), Include Booking Fees

DELIVERY & PAYMENT

Please booking tickets online or sales@theatrebeijing.com. After your reservation is confirmed, our staff will delivery (Free service) the tickets to your address(only in Beijing), you could pay cash(RMB) or credit card.

VENUE GUIDE

Drama Theatre of Beijing National Grand Theatre

Drama Theatre of NCPA

West of Tiananmen Square, Beijing

Map & Seating Plan