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Comedy and cruelty in Don Pasquale at San Francisco Opera

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 29 September 2016
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“Pelly’s production intrigues by bringing out both the darkness and the levity in the opera”
Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 28 September 2016
Programme
Donizetti, Don Pasquale
Performers
San Francisco Opera
Giuseppe Finzi, Conductor
Laurent Pelly, Director, Costume Designer
Chantal Thomas, Set Designer
Maurizio Muraro, Don Pasquale
Heidi Stober, Norina
Lucas Meachem, Dr Malatesta
Lawrence Brownlee, Ernesto
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
San Francisco Opera Chorus
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Ilana Walder-Biesanz
Ilana Walder-Biesanz
Ilana Walder-Biesanz is a product manager for Yahoo, a theatre and opera critic, and a classically trained mezzo-soprano. She explored theater and opera stagings as a Gates Scholar at Cambridge and as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. She currently writes for Bachtrack, San Francisco Classical Voice, and Stark Insider. Twitter: @ilana_wb.