Don Pasquale

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)

Richard A. Raub, Conductor

Richard Troxell, Director

Feb

Thursday, February 16, 2023
7:30pm · Get Tickets

Feb

Saturday, February 18, 2023
7:30pm · Get Tickets

Feb

Tuesday, February 21, 2023
7:30pm · Get Tickets

Feb

Thursday, February 23, 2023
7:30pm · Get Tickets

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

AVA presents Gaetano Donizetti’s comic opera Don Pasquale this February – with a hometown twist. Audiences will be taken on a sentimental adventure, as the opera will be set in mid-60s South Philadelphia! This production will evoke nostalgia for that time, from the golden age of the Italian Market to plastic covers on furniture.

Be transported back to this era of Dick Clark’s Bandstand, Frankie Avalon, and Wilt Chamberlin on the Sixers. Have Sunday night dinner with the Italian family that you never knew you wanted (or needed!) in your life.

Richard A. Raub conducts the AVA Opera Orchestra, and Richard Troxell (AVA ’92) directs.

ABOUT THE OPERA

The venerable Don Pasquale has chosen a wife for his nephew Ernesto, who wants to marry Norina. The elderly Don disapproves, and decides to find a wealthy bride of his own. With Norina in disguise and a fake wedding, the couple and their friend Dr. Malatesta make Don Pasquale rue the day he ever considered marriage!

Dates: February 16, 18, 21, and 23, 2023 – All performances at the Helen Corning Warden Theater at AVA at 7:30 PM