Don Pasquale is an opera buffa, or comic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti with an Italian libretto completed largely by Giovanni Ruffini as well as the composer. Wikipedia
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Librettists: Gaetano Donizetti, Giovanni Ruffini, and Michele Accursi
Characters: Don Pasquale, Dr. Malatesta, Ernesto, and more
First performance: January 3, 1843, Comédie-Italienne, Paris, France
Written: 1842
Language: Italian
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