By Frank Cadenhead [Opera Today, 17 February 2012]
February 17, 2012. Critics. Can you get along without us? It is possible to reflect on this when the production of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale is shown on television tonight. Critics always show up on the first night but how different will the third performance be on the Europe-wide channel Arte “live” (well, with a few hours delay at 10:10 p.m. CET) from Paris’ ThÈ‚tre des Champs ElysÈes?