NEW YORK—The Otto Schenk production of Gaetano Donizetti’s comic opera “Don Pasquale” is back at the Metropolitan Opera with a winning new cast. Perhaps the most significant aspect is that it marks the Met debut of rising star Eleonora Buratto.
“Don Pasquale” premiered in 1843, five years before the prolific composer’s death. It was his last comic opera.
The title role is being performed by the baritone Ambrogio Maestri, who is as funny here as he was as Verdi's 'Falstaff.'
