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• Extra features (23 minutes). Behind the curtain
• Introduction by Danielle de Niese
• Staging the opera
• Cast gallery.

Hailed by The Financial Times as "a Glyndebourne classic", Mariame Clément's 2013 production of Donizetti's Don Pasquale is remembered as a highlight of the celebrated festival's past seasons. Her perceptive re-interpretation of the masterpiece starred the opera buffa expert Alessandro Corbelli as Don Pasquale and the scintillating soprano Danielle de Niese as Norina, joined by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Glyndebourne Chorus under the baton of Enrique Mazzola. In 1842, the director of Paris' Théâtre-Italien Jules Janin suggested to Donizetti the idea of composing a new opera tailored to the talents of Giulia Grisi, Antonio Tamburini, and Luigi Lablache, some of the most popular singers of the day. Donizetti took him at his word, and produced a work now considered the high point of the 19th-century opera buffa tradition. Drawing on selected commedia dell'arte stock characters, the librettist Giovanni Ruffini (in collaboration with Donizetti himself) brought to life in unforgiving detail the story of the curmudgeonly old Don Pasquale, who decides to marry in order to disinherit his nephew Ernesto for himself wanting to marry a young woman judged unsuitable by his uncle. To select a bride, Don Pasquale turns to Dr. Malatesta, who recommends his own convent-raised sister Sofronia. Little does Don Pasquale know that the girl is actually Ernesto's love, Norina, in disguise.

• Opening credits
• Introduction by Susan Graham
• Sinfonia
• Son nov'ore
• Bella siccome un angelo
• Ah! Un foco insolito
• Son rinato
• Prender moglie?
• Sogno soave e casto
• Due parole ancor di volo
• Backstage scene change
• Quel guardo il cavaliere
• So anch'io la virtù magica
• E il dottor non si vede!
• Pronta io son
• Backstage scene change
• Preludio
• Povero Ernesto!
• Cercherò lontana terra
• E se fia che ad altro oggetto
• Quando avrete introdotto
• Via, da brava
• Non abbiate paura
• Fra da una parte
• Ah, figliuol, non mi far scene
• È rimasto là imprietrato
• Riunita immantimente
• Son tradito
• Susan Graham interview with John Del Carlo and Matthew Polenzani
• Susan Graham interview with Anna Netrebko and Mariusz Kwiecien
• Introduction to Act III by Susan Graham
• I diamanti, presto, presto
• Vediamo: alla modista
• Signorina in tanta fretta
• È finita don Pasquale
• Parto adunque
• Via, caro sposino
• Qualche notta di cuffie
• Che interminabile andirivieni
• Quel nepotino
• Questa repentina chiamata
• Cheti, cheti, immantimente
• Aspetta, aspetta
• Aspetta, aspetta (encore)
• Backstage scene change
• Com'è gentil
• Tornami a dir
• Eccoli, attendi ben
• Senz' andar lungi -- La morale in tutto questo
• Bows and closing credits

Donizetti's timeless comedy shines in Otto Schenk's enchanting production, conducted by James Levine and featuring a remarkable cast. The incomparable Anna Netrebko is Norina, the young widow beloved by Ernesto (a suave Matthew Polenzani), who is about to be disinherited by his miserly uncle, Don Pasquale (John Del Carlo). It takes the clever scheming of Dr. Malatesta (Mariusz Kwiecien) to set things right and to teach the old curmudgeon a lesson--fits of temper, mistaken identities, and all kinds of comic confusion included

Timeless story of the trials and tribulations of a rich elderly man married to a cunning and unfaithful younger woman.

• Opening credits
• Sinfonia
• Son nov'ore
• Bella siccome un angelo
• Ah! Un foco insolito
• Son rinato-- Prender moglie?
• Sogno soave e casto-- Due parole ancor
• Quel guardo il cavaliere-- So anch'io la virtù magica
• E il dottor non si vede!
• Pronta io son
• Preludio-- Povero Ernesto!
• Cercherò lontana terra
• E se fia che ad altro oggetto
• Quando avrete introdotto-- Via, da brava
• Act II Non abbiate paura
• Fra da una parte-- Ah, figliuol, non mi far scene
• È rimasto là imprietrato
• Riunita immantimente-- Son tradito
• I diamanti, presto, presto
• Vediamo: alla modista-- Signorina in tanta fretta
• Parto adunque. Parto pure-- Via, caro sposino
• Qualche notta di cuffie
• Che interminabile andirivieni-- Quel nepotino
• Siamo intesi
• Cheti, cheti, immantimente-- Aspetta, aspetta
• Com'è gentil
• Tornami a dir
• Eccoli: attendi ben
• La morale in tutto questo
• Bows and closing credits

This John Dexter production, designed by Desmond Heeley, was a parting gift to the great American soprano Beverly Sills, who bid farewell to the Met as Norina, the smart young widow at the center of Donizetti's comedy. The sensational Alfredo Kraus sings her beloved Ernesto. Håkan Hagegård, in his Met debut role and season, is Dr. Malatesta, the man who helps the young couple trick the crusty old bachelor of the title (Gabriel Bacquier at his comical best) into a fake marriage. This being a Donizetti comedy, it all turns out perfectly well at the end--and getting there is pure operatic fun