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Hector Urbon

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Recorded during the Vienna State Operas 1977 tour. Enjoy Edita Gruberovas radiant voice!Don Pasquale is a wealthy, elderly bachelor. He plans to leave his fortune to his nephew Ernesto, but when Ernesto rejects the marriage partner Don Pasquale has chosen for himand appears to have a lover of his own Thinking, I might as well marry her myself rather than let some mysterious woman strip him of his fortune, Don Pasquale asks his friend Malatesta to arrange a marriageonly to have him bring his own sister. At first glance, the young woman seemed meek and obedient, but the moment she signed the marriage contract, her attitude changed completely…This performance was recorded during the Vienna State Operas first national tour of Austria (Mrzzuschlag) in 1977. A young Gurbrova, appearing in the role of Norina, delivers a comical and coquettish performance alongside her magnificent singing. This perfo