Pretty Yende sweetens Damiano Michieletto’s acidic Don Pasquale

By Dominic Lowe, 04 May 2022

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“Yende threw herself into the humour... delivering some eminently Instagrammable pouts”

Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 3 May 2022

Donizetti, Don Pasquale

The Royal Opera

Giacomo Sagripanti, Conductor

Damiano Michieletto, Director

Paolo Fantin, Set Designer

Agostino Cavalca, Costume Designer

Alessandro Carletti, Lighting Designer

Lucio Gallo, Don Pasquale

Pretty Yende, Norina

Andrzej Filończyk, Dr Malatesta

Xabier Anduaga, Ernesto

Royal Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.

Pretty Yende sweetens Damiano Michieletto’s acidic Don Pasquale on its Covent Garden return