Donizetti - Don Pasquale / Valletti, Tajo, Noni, Bruscantini, Erede, RAI by Cesare Valletti
Italy released, NTSC/Region 0 DVD: LANGUAGES: Italian ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), Italian ( DTS 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), French ( Subtitles ), Italian ( Subtitles ), Spanish ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Black & White, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: The RAI Pasquale of 1955 is almost as good as the two Verdis [#4 Otello, currently unavailable, and #551 Traviata], marred only by Italo Tajo's overdone mugging in the title-part. Alda Noni, remembered affectionately by older opera-goers in the same part at London's Cambridge Theatre in the late 1940s, remains a charming, minxish though now more buxom Norina. Sesto Bruscantini is a model of a Malatesta, Cesare Valletti even better as an Ernesto in the class of his teacher, Tito Schipa. Erede's seasoned conducting and a resourceful staging makes this a delightful experience. ...Donizetti: Don Pasquale ( Don Pasquale )