Laurent Pelly back in Barcelona with Don Pasquale

Laurent Pelly's highly successful production of Don Pasquale is back at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona for 10 nights starting on 16 June.

Donizetti's Don Pasquale, considered one of the foremost Italian comic operas, is a Romantic game that scored an instant success at its Parisian premiere in 1847. It is also a homage from Donizetti to the opera buffa tradition. Laurent Pelly's famed dramatic imagination is brought to bear here on a masterpiece of the genre.  

Based on an enduring theme of comic opera, young love triumphs despite the disapproval of a crotchety elder, but not without considerable (and hilarious) effort on the part of the young lovers to get what they want. Donizetti’s work is famous for its four lead characters, each with magnificent, melodious music to sing. A highly recommendable production, both to the veteran opera-goer and to a person new to opera, which has already proved a great success in many different venues and which is always revived with the same sparkle and enthusiasm.