MARIUSZ KWIECIEN

as Dr. Malatesta

in THE METROPOLITAN OPERA’S

new production of

DON PASQUALE

Composed by Gaetano Donizetti, libretto by: Giovanni Ruffini, Gaetano Donizetti

Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English

Friday, March 31, 2006, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Monday, April 3, 2006, 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Friday, April 7, 2006, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Tuesday, April 11, 2006, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Saturday, April 15, 2006, 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Tuesday, April 18, 2006, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Friday, April 21, 2006, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Tuesday, April 25. 2006, 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Friday, April 28, 2006, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

The Metropolitan Opera
Lincoln Center, New York City
For tickets visit The Met website or call 212-362-6000

The Metropolitan Opera presents its new production premiere of Donizetti's delightful comic opera, Don Pasquale. Anna Netrebko and Juan Diego Flórez are the young lovers with Mariusz Kwiecien, young baritone on the rise, as Dr. Malatesta and Simone Alaimo in the title role. James Levine conducts this first new production of Donizetti's Don Pasquale in more than a quarter century.

Mariusz Kwiecien, young baritone from Krakow, Poland, is an alumnus of The Met's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and has sung ten roles with the Company since his debut in 1999. Recent successes include Marcello in La Bohème, the Count in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Silvio in Pagliacci. Earlier this season he sang Guglielmo in Così fan tutte. The New York Times called him "a star in the making, a charismatic actor, a fearless and exciting singer." He will sing the role of Dr. Malatesta in the new production of Don Pasquale.

For more information on the performance, please visit The Metropolitan Opera website