DON PASQUALE

A sly and sophisticated comedy, this cheeky tale of romantic bliss and marital "diss" continues to delight and amaze!

The great Italian character bass Donato DiStefano ("If there’s a funnier opera singer on the face of the planet, I’d like to see him." – The Star-Telegram) returns to The Dallas Opera stage in the title role after triumphant turns in Cinderella and The Barber of Seville.

Aided and abetted by baritone Nathan Gunn (Guglielmo in our 2003 production of Così fan tutte and one of the most in-demand singers working today) as the manipulative Doctor Malatesta, this production, designed by the legendary Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, marks the American debut of Slovakian soprano Adriana Kucerova as Norina. Company debuts include internationally renowned Italian conductor Stefano Ranzani and American tenor Norman Shankle as the love-struck Ernesto.

Staged by Director/Choreographer Candace Evans, who earned a local following—and critical acclaim—for her work on The Merry Widow, audiences can expect to be amused and charmed by this object lesson about the dangers of unlimited lines of credit – and the risk of mixing nimble young women with amorous old men.

Lighting design for this production (as well as for Così fan tutte) is by Duane Schuler.

Sung in Italian with English supertitles