On Tuesday 9th June at 6pm, at the Teatro Is Mascareddas in Monserrato, the musical activities, part of the Teatro Lirico’s “Un’Isola di Musica – Festival d’estate 2009” continue. There are six dates dedicated to Don Pasquale, the famous opera buffa in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti, presented for the first time in an enchanting anthology of the opera, narrated and sung. Fulvio Fogliazza conducts the Teatro Lirico Chorus, the soloists; Graziella Ortu (Norina), Moreno Patteri (Ernesto), Antonello Pippia (Don Pasquale) and Gionata Gilio (Doctor Malatesta). The narrated parts of the four main characters are played by the Compagnia Is Mascareddas’ puppets, who interact with the soloists and the chorus. Andrea Mudu accompanies on the piano.

Further performance dates are: Wednesday 10th June at 9pm at the Teatro Is Mascareddas di Monserrato; Friday 12th June at 9pm in Piazza Santa Barbara in Iglesias; Thursday 18th June at 9pm at the Teatro Eliseo in Nuoro; Friday 19th June at 9pm at the Teatro del Carmine in Tempio Pausania; Tuesday 23rd June at 9pm at the Sagrato della Cattedrale di San Pantaleo in Dolianova.