Met Opera: Camarena Returns in a Rousing "Don Pasquale"
The Met Opera brought Donizetti's Don Pasquale back to the stage Friday night in a fun-filled frolic that provided a showcase for the return of the dazzling tenor Javier Camarena, a stunning debut by the soprano Eleonora Buratto, and a show-stopping baritone duet by Ambrogio Maestri and Levente Molnar that earned a rare yet richly deserved encore.
It has been a good year for Donizetti on the Met stage. His so-called Tudor trilogy of Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux - with the superb soprano Sondra Radvanovsky singing all three leading roles - has been a smash (the final opera of the trio will have its first Met production later this month), and a revival of L'Elisir d'Amore will be the fifth Donizetti work at the house this season.
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It has been a good year for Donizetti on the Met stage. His so-called Tudor trilogy of Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux - with the superb soprano Sondra Radvanovsky singing all three leading roles - has been a smash (the final opera of the trio will have its first Met production later this month), and a revival of L'Elisir d'Amore will be the fifth Donizetti work at the house this season.
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