Opera buffa in three acts
Text by Giovanni Ruffini and the composer after A. Anelli
English translation by David Parry
The Cast
Andrew Shore, baritone - Don Pasquale
Jason Howard, baritone - Dr Malatesta
Barry Banks, tenor (PMF Scholar) - Ernesto
Lynne Dawson, soprano - Norina
Clive Bayley, bass (PMF Scholar) - A Notary
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
David Parry - conductor
Recorded in Blackheath Halls, London
15, 17, 18, 20 & 21 November 1997
Producer - Brian Couzens, Sound engineer - Ralph Couzens,
Assistant engineers - Peter Newble & Richard Smoker
'The series has established Parry as an opera conductor who should be in regular demand by our companies... he conveys the brilliance, wit and deeper qualities of Donizetti's adorable score... Those who have enjoyed (Shore's) performance at the Coliseum will find their memories vividly rekindled. There is more good singing, too, from Barry Banks as Ernesto, a performance to compare favourably with those by foriegn tenors who have a wider but not necessarily more justified international reputation... Very strongly recommended.'
