The opera is a fun and fashionable story about an ageing man, Don Pasquale, who turns into a groom in order to disinherit his nephew Ernesto from his wealth. For this, Pasquale starts looking for a bride. But his friend Dr Malatesta makes a plan to foil his idea, by arranging a wedding between Pasquale and the young Norina, who is actually Ernesto's beloved. This leads to a series of highly comic encounters as the greed of the increasingly battered and bewildered Don Pasquale is exposed.
Produced by Francis Wacziarg, the opera has a mixed cast of Italians and Indians. Don Pasquale is presented by Neemrana Music Foundation, ICCR(Indian Council for Cultural Relations) and Instituto Italiano di Cultura. The entry is free.
The comic opera, which is composed in three acts by the Gaetano Donizetti, is directed by Paolo Panizza, who rues the politicisation of art and culture in Italy.
"The opera is still big in Italy and the theaters are always full, but since politics entered this field, things went bad because those who head the theatrical administration do so without loving theater, they use it only as status symbol. There's an economic and cultural crisis. Italy is famous for Renaissance and we hope there'll be one in opera too," says Panizza, who feels greater interaction of art and culture enables a stronger, more unifying bond amongst people of different cultures.
"Opera, in that sense, is both universal and transversal," adds Panizza, who's worked for 14 years at The Arena di Verona.
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