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Donizetti: L'Elisir d'amore (2018)

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'amore (2018)

Comedy Music
Release Date: 2018, November 19
Directors: Laurent Pelly
Countries: France
Production: Opéra National de Paris
Cast: Valentina Naforniţă, Étienne Dupuis, Vittorio Grigolo, Gabriele Viviani, Adriana González Frontera

Overview:

A village somewhere in the Italian countryside, a wayside inn on a road crossed by the occasional dog. Nothing more. Laurent Pelly’s production presents a deserted landscape in which the turbulent arrival of Doctor Dulcamara causes a sensation. And with good reason! He is said to be the inventor of a mysterious love potion… In opera, love philtres often provoke terrible tragedies. They also provide the pretext for this gentle comedy in which Sergeant Belcore and the timid Nemorino vie with each other for beautiful Adina’s heart. The stage is set! Bring on the music, which, if we are to believe Donizetti, was composed in a fortnight!