Don Pasquale

Gaetano Donizetti Don Pasquale opera to libretto by Giovanni Ruffini and the composer. Directed  2006 by Grischa Asagaroff at the Opernhaus Zürich.  Stars Juan Diego Flórez, Ruggero Raimondi, Isabel Rey, Oliver Widmer, Valeriy Murga, Thomas von Grünigen, Elsbeth Treichler, Alex Minder, Renata Blum, and Aneel Soomary. Nello Santi conducts the Orchestra and  Chorus of Opernhaus Zürich (Chorus Master Jürg Hämmerli). Set and costume design by Luigi Perego; lighting by Jürgen Hoffmann; directed for TV by Felix Breisach. Released  2009, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: B-

There's a lot to like about the Zürich version. But poor Isabella Rey looks like Juan Diego Flores' mother, not his sweetheart. Please help us by writing a comment that we can place here as a mini-review of this title.