TKOB: The opera "Don Pasquale" brought operatic culture closer to the doors of the theater to a new audience

The opera "Don Pasquale" written by the composer Gaetano Donizetti came to the stage of the National Theater of Opera and Ballet following the artistic season in this institution. TKOB says that this show ended the journey on stage, bringing a new audience closer. "Don Pasquale", an extraordinary performance brought within the framework of the "Opera for children and families" project, closed the two-day journey on the magical stage of TKOB, bringing closer to the operatic culture, near the doors of the theater, an entirely public audience. young art lovers. With the directorial ideas of Mariano Bauduini and his. directed by Ada Gurra, with the skill of the Armed Forces Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Massimo Spadano, and with the professionalism of the TKOB soloists, the echoes of laughter spread amazingly throughout the hall. the National Opera and Ballet Theater says on its website about this work. When "Don Pasquale" was first performed in January 1843 in Paris, Gaetano Donizetti had a consolidated career in the world of Italian opera and was at the height of his artistic maturity. He had great success with the opera "Lucia di Lammermoor", "La Fille du Règiment" and other works, but he had not managed to get the coveted position of Real Director of the "Collegio di Musica" in Naples. In a previous material on the TKOB website, it is said that typical of "Don Pasquale" is the effectiveness with which lyricism and melancholy are opposed to the devilish smile or even sincere laughter created by the master. The libretto of the opera "Don Pasquale" signed MA (Giovanni Ruffini), was based on a libretto by the author Angelo Anelli, set to music by Stefano Pavesi in 1810 with the title "Ser Marcantonio". Gaetano Donizetti was a famous Italian composer. Throughout his career, Donizetti wrote 74 pieces of music, including operas, masses, cantatas, etc.