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Elderly bachelor Don Pasquale plans to marry after his nephew Ernesto refuses the match Pasquale chose for him. Dr. Malatesta and Ernesto’s beloved Norina deceive Pasquale: Norina poses as Malatesta’s convent educated sister Sofronia and marries him. Once the contract is signed, she becomes demanding and spends extravagantly. Malatesta stages a confrontation that reveals the deception, and Pasquale agrees to let Ernesto marry Norina.
The opera adapts Giovanni Ruffini’s 1855 nationalist novel Doctor Antonio.
Elderly bachelor Don Pasquale plans to marry after his nephew Ernesto refuses the match Pasquale chose for him. Dr. Malatesta and Ernesto’s beloved Norina deceive Pasquale: Norina poses as Malatesta’s convent educated sister Sofronia and marries him. Once the contract is signed, she becomes demanding and spends extravagantly. Malatesta stages a confrontation that reveals the deception, and Pasquale agrees to let Ernesto marry Norina.
The opera adapts Giovanni Ruffini’s 1855 nationalist novel Doctor Antonio.