Duet of Dr. Malatesta and Don Pasquale (Don Pasquale)

Composer
Gaetano Donizetti
Genre
Duet
Composed
1843

History of the work

Cheti, cheti, immantinente, the Act III duet. Malatesta and Don Pasquale plot in whispers and then race each other through the patter — the fastest ensemble writing in Donizetti's comedies, and a standing test of Italian diction.

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