Don Pasquale

Teatro alla Scala, Milan (IT) 2018 & 2024
2018
Completed
Opera

A translations of Donizetti's bitter comedy into the melancholic atmospheres of Cinecittà during the black and white years.

David Livermore's show translates Donizetti's bitter comedy into the melancholic atmospheres of Cinecittà during the black and white years.

The numerous references to Italian cinema history do not detract from the immediacy and liveliness of the narrative, which unfolds behind the scenes in a scale of grays, now dark, now pearly, designed by Livermore with Giò Forma and animated by the contrasting colors of Gianluca Falaschi's costumes. Memorable is Norina's fantastical flight over the Roman landscape aboard a Giulietta. The direction sees Evelino Pidò on the podium, while the protagonists are Ambrogio Maestri, Andrea Carroll, Lawrence Brownlee, and Mattia Olivieri.

First seen during The Premiere at Teatro alla Scala in 2018, it returns to the stage at La Scala for six performances from May 11th to June 4th, 202

Opera buffa in three acts

Libretto by Giovanni Ruffini

Revision based on autograph score by Piero Rattalino

Editions Casa Ricordi, Milan

Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus

Teatro alla Scala Production

Staging: Davide Livermore

Sets: Davide Livermore and Giò Forma

Costumes: Gianluca Falaschi

Video: D-WOK





Night scene with a full moon, bare trees, a carousel frame and a white vintage convertible – Don Pasquale at La Scala, Milan, Italy, 2018 – opera set design
Illuminated Cinecitta sign above a building front, singers around a white convertible – Don Pasquale at La Scala, Milan, Italy, 2018 – opera set designSinger driving a white convertible suspended above a black and white aerial view of Rome – Don Pasquale at La Scala, Milan, Italy, 2018 – opera set design
Full cast in front of a dark palace facade and scaffolding under a blue moonlit sky – Don Pasquale at La Scala, Milan, Italy, 2018 – opera set designScaffolded ruin and columns on a turning stage against a grey cloudy backdrop, two singers – Don Pasquale at La Scala, Milan, Italy, 2018 – opera set design
Chorus on stage with swings hanging before a projection of a woman and the words Norina Confezioni – Don Pasquale at La Scala, Milan, Italy, 2018 – opera set designTwo singers before a grey carved facade framed by scaffolding with warm lit windows – Don Pasquale at La Scala, Milan, Italy, 2018 – opera set design