Don Pasquale

Gaetano Donizetti Don Pasquale opera to libretto by Giovanni Ruffini. Directed 2010 by Gary Halvorson at the Metropolitan Opera. Stars Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, John Del Carlo, Mariusz Kwecien, and Bernard Fitch. James Levine conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Chorus Master Donald Palumbo). Sets and costumes by Rolf Langenfass; lighting by Duane Schuler; dramaturgy by Paul Cremo. Released, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: B+

The Met show is funny. But alas, Anna Netrebko, who looked so young and fresh in 2007 (in for example, her I Puritani), now looks like a healthy mom who just can't get rid of 15 pounds. She should not play Norina any more, at least not on high-definition TV. So I give the Met a "B+."

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