《唐帕斯夸勒先生》（骗婚记）劇情講述富有單身又年長的土財主 Don Pasquale 因為反對具有繼承權的姪子 Ernesto 與美麗寡婦 Norina 在一起，希望姪子能與自己安排的對象成婚。但因Ernesto反對，因此 Don Pasquale 突發奇想，找醫生作媒想自己結婚，生個小孩來繼承自己的財產。這時候他的醫生因為想成全 Ernesto 與 Norina，便要Norina 假裝是自己在修道院的妹妹Sofronia來嫁給 Don Pasquale。

        後來 Don Pasquale 同意並娶了看似嫻淑善良的Sofronia為妻（事實上是Norina），並同意一切家務由妻子作主，沒想到婚後，Sofronia馬上便身為潑婦，讓Don Pasquale的婚姻變成一場災難，於是趕緊訴請離婚。離婚成功後他也體會到老夫少妻是一場絕對的災難，喜歌劇結局當然是全部的角色都歡樂，事後知曉一切的Don pasquale也大方地同意姪子娶Norina為妻，快樂地結局。

其特色如下：一、諾麗娜為連貫歌劇劇情的主要人物，從劇情分析，《唐帕斯夸勒先生》雖然是以劇中的男主角唐帕斯夸勒先生為命名，但其實女主角諾麗娜卻是主要的靈魂人物，換句話說，整齣歌劇是以巴斯瓜雷先生為中心，而將歌劇內容貫穿起來的是諾麗娜。二、抒情獨唱曲的曲式特色，此首獨唱樂曲為抒情獨唱曲，分為兩部分，第一部分為行板，第二部分為稍快板，兩部分的音樂風格與歌詞的意境完全不同。三、抒情獨唱曲諾麗娜獨唱樂曲〈那動人的目光，直射騎士的心房〉的音樂與歌詞的美妙結合，董尼才悌對於人聲的了解，及偉大的創作能力，使得歌劇《唐帕斯夸勒先生》歌詞和音樂的關係，是緊密與適當的結合在一起。四、抒情獨唱曲的和聲和歌詞結合的重要性，在獨唱曲中不少運用和聲色彩來加強歌詞所要表現的意境實例。五、抒情獨唱曲的詮釋需輕巧而愉悅，諾麗娜在整首獨唱曲裡的聲音是充滿輕鬆、溫暖與微笑的，聲音性質屬於輕抒情女高音，角色特徵是非常年輕、愉快和冨於機智的女人。

Don Pasquale is an opera buffa, or comic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The librettist Giovanni Ruffini wrote the Italian libretto after Angelo Anelli's libretto for Stefano Pavesi's Ser Marcantonio (1810).

At the time of its composition, Donizetti had just been appointed music director and composer for the imperial court of Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria, and Don Pasquale was the 64th of an eventual 66 operas he composed.

The opera, in the tradition of opera buffa, harks back to the stock characters of the commedia dell'arte. Pasquale is recognizable as the blustery Pantalone, Ernesto as the lovesick Pierrot, Malatesta as the scheming Scapino, and Norina as a wily Columbina. The false Notary echos a long line of false officials as operatic devices.

Don Pasquale was first produced on 3 January 1843 at the Comédie-Italienne in Paris.

Other performances during the 19th Century include those at La Scala, Milan on 17 April 1843, the first performance in Italy. In London it was presented for the first time in England on 29 June 1843 at Her Majesty's Theatre, and the United States premiere took place in New York on 9 March 1846. The first Australian performance was presented in Sydney on 12 October 1854 at the Royal Victoria Theatre.

While not a part of the "standard" repertory, Don Pasquale apppears with some regularity on the schedules of world opera houses.

Place: Rome

All the events of the opera take place in a single day. The young man Ernesto is in love with the lovely but penniless Norina and has refused to marry a "more suitable" woman chosen for him by his rich uncle Don Pasquale. The old man accordingly plans to wed and produce his own heirs, cutting Ernesto off from his inheritance. Pasquale's physician, Dr. Malatesta, suggests his sister, Sofronia, a convent girl, as the bride, all the while scheming to dupe the old man into allowing Ernesto's marriage to Norina. The Don happily accepts the proposal. Malatesta has Norina disguise herself as Sofronia and sign a fake marriage contract before a false notary. At this point Norina transforms from the shy convent girl into a complete shrew, turning Pasquale's life upside down, hiring hordes of new servants and spending money left and right. She makes life so miserable for the old man that he is actually relieved when he discovers that he has been duped, and that he has not really married Norina. He repudiates his desire for marriage and consents to the union of his nephew with Norina.

Act 1

Introduction between Don Pasquale and the doctor. (Romance of Malatesta: “Oh, like an angel of beauty”; Cavatina, Pasquale: “Oh, how I feel the glow of fire in my heart”; Duet between Ernesto and Pasquale: “How? You will? Marry me.”) Change of scene: Norina’s cavatina: “Ah, beneath all eyes”; Duet between Norina and the doctor: “See, I am ready with love to surround him.”

Act 2

Ernesto alone; then Pasquale, Norina, doctor. (Terzett: “Take courage”; Finale: “On one side,” etc.)

Act 3

Chorus: “Bring the jewels at once”; Duet between Pasquale and Norina: “Dear wife, may I ask”; Duet between Pasquale and the doctor: “Softly in the dark.” Change of scene: Ernesto’s serenade: “As Luna laughs in the fragrant night”; Duet between Ernesto and Norina “Do I read in your looks ?“ Finale: “Heaven, what do you say? This is Norina.”