I had several lessons with Russell Smyth. A great teacher as well as a great performer and a lovely guy. His Di provenza is fantastic. Here he acts and sings brilliantly with the fantastic gerraint Evans. I hate to say it, but you really don't get anything as good these days. I wonder why? What's gone wrong. Bryn certainly has a good voice, but these two are just pure entertainment. Every detail. Very, very special clip. Well done Russel, love Ashley Bremner! Hope your well.

Geraint Evans truly outstanding. A stunning performance.

Sir Geraint is the absolute master of this role!

This is spectacular because it’s not dubbed. They’re actually singing and not lip-syncing. That’s rare for an opera “film”. Watching OPERA SINGERS lip-sync is unendurable. The famous Furtwängler Don Giovanni movie with Siepi and Erna Berger is lip-synced except for all the recits, which were filmed “live.”

Devo dire francamente che non ho mai visto questo duetto eseguito in modo più spettacolare!!! Mi entusiasmano anche le imprecisioni di pronuncia, bilanciate, peraltro, da una travolgente recitazione, una splendida regia ed una conduzione travolgente!!!👏👏👏👏👏💕💕💕💕

The best rendition ever

FANTASTISCH 😊

Please upload the entire opera!! This version is truly fantastic!

Красиво ! Браво !!!!

The music reminds me of Rossini and the main character reminds Don Bartolo. This opera is among the supreme tetralogy of opera buffas; Le Nozze di Figaro, The Barber of Seville and Falstaff being the other three.

BRAVISSIMI!!! GRAZIE

Bravissimi

Great Donizetti.

The performance by Salvatore Baccoloni and Martin Lawrence is the best I have ever heard -both are hugely enjoying it and the pace incredible Available on a Nimbus recording .

Great!

Formidable!

Dioss, esto es geniaaal 🎉🎉

This guy, Don Pasquale looks like Bilbo Baggins.

Malatesta is Russell Smythe

Those were the days before Gandalf went to the shire!

I have tried deep and wide to find and purchase a copy of this film, to no avail. I love it, thank you for posting these excerpts to get us to know that this film even exists! Also, your clips are very high quality! Not even the original VHS is available for purchase, there is no DVD, no digital format. How come such an artistic treasure is left to be completely forgotten? If you please know, tell us how to obtain the whole film? If a company holds the rights, why doesn't it publish it, this is preposterous. And if no company holds any rights, can you please upload the whole film, or point to some resources from where one can purchase the film in any format available? Again, thank you!

OMG This is absolutely wonderful!!! The diction from both singers is amazing. The tempo is slightly slower than I have heard before but the quality of singing amazing. Obviously Sir Geraint Evans as Pasquale but who is Malatasta?

Man don Pasquale is all HA HA, HA HA now, lol Enjoy your happiness.

Interessante

I also recognized Sir Geraint Evans but have no idea who Malatesta is. Please let us know!

Bravo but the best are Hampson and pisaroni

Great!