Airs Saturday, October 7, 2017, at 12 noon. The American Opera Series from WFMT continues with the San Francisco Opera and a production of Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale starring Maurizio Muraro in the title role with Heidi Stober as Norina, Lawrence Brownlee as Ernesto, Malatesta Lucas Meachem as the Doctor, and Bojan Knezevic as A Notary. The stage director is Laurent Pelly and Ian Robertson is the chorus master with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Giuseppe Finzi.