Don Pasquale

Place des Arts

Duration 2h30, including intermission. Surtitles in French for the Italian opera. In this jewel of wit decorated with brilliant arias and virtuosic cabalettes, Don Pasquale, played by Alexandre Duhamel who returns to Rouen after a memorable The Phantom Ship, is the butt of the joke. His age, desires and temper are the object of all mockery, while his wealth and power attract, on the contrary, all covetousness. In this deliciously sweet staging, the old man takes on the appearance of a financial magnate, ruling at the top of his megalo­manic building, tand…