Donizetti: Don Pasquale

Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Ettore Gracis (Conductor), Alfredo Lazzarini (Performer), Fenice Theater Orchestra (Orchestra), Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra (Orchestra), Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice (Orchestra), Alberto Rinaldi (Performer), Alfredo Mariotti (Performer), Anna Maccianti (Performer), Augusto Frati (Performer), Emma Bruno (Performer), Flora Rafanelli (Performer), Marco Basiola (Performer), Jr. Mario Basiola (Performer), Mario Guggia (Performer), Ugo Benelli (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Alfredo Lazzarini, Alberto Rinaldi, Alfredo Mariotti, Anna Maccianti, Augusto Frati, et al.
• Orchestra: Fenice Theater Orchestra, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice
• Conductor: Ettore Gracis
• Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
• Audio CD (April 11, 2006)
• SPARS Code: AAD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Deutsche Grammophon
• ASIN: B000EBD85Y
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #125,390 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the one to get, April 8, 2007

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J. MOLDOVAN - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Donizetti: Don Pasquale (Audio CD)

I am quite surprised that there are no previous reviews. If you like opera, if you like Donizetti and especially if you like opera buffo, this is the CD for you. There are none better.

I have the original LP of the production, which I have enjoyed for many years, and whoever did the CD transfer - I dips my hat to you! Magnificent work!

Listen to "Cheti, cheti", "Come gentil" and other gems, laugh, relax, enjoy and know that you have bought the best.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a masterpiece with a little jewel, February 16, 2011

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Domingo Warner Quijada "music fan" (santiago,chile) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Donizetti: Don Pasquale (Audio CD)

I will write about Don Pasquale, only to say say it is a pleasure hear it each time and in this recording Anna Maccianti stands out and I never have heard more beatifully sung the Ernesto serenata "Come e gentil la notte a mezzo april",Ugo Benelli sings it splendidly.But i really like to write about Il campanello di notte, it is a little opera, a farsa, but how many things happens in so short a time, the star here is Alberto Rinaldi as Enrico, using falsetto to three diferents characters, apart of his own, marvelously backed by Alfredo Mariotti, and the little parts of Serafina, Madama Rosa and Spiridione and the chorus, that begins and ends the farsa, also are a delight to hear, because the singers have the opera in their blood.It is truly a pleasure for whom really enjoy opera buffa, if you really like opera it is a must.By the way ,Don Annibale is an antecessor of Don Pasquale when he imagines his future prole,with the added touch of imitating his imaginary children asking him sweet treats.What forty something minutes of pleasure.