Ser Marcantonio Explained

Ser Marcantonio is an 1810 opera by Stefano Pavesi to a libretto by Angelo Anelli which later was used as the basis of Donizetti's Don Pasquale. The opera was a great success at its premiere at Teatro alla Scala, 26 September 1810 in Milan.^[1]

Recording

conducted by Massimo Spadano 2011, Naxos

Notes and References

1. Charles Osborne - The bel canto operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini 1994 p 19 "Babilonia, the new opera was staged at the Teatro San Moise, sharing a triple bill with a ballet and one act of Pavesi's Ser Marcantonio, an opera which had scored an enormous success at its premiere in Milan eighteen months earlier."