L'Elisir D'Amore | Donizetti
Captured in HD before a live audience at Glyndebourne Festival Opera -- August 2009

Duration: 112 minutes plus intermission

Saturday February 13 at 10am.

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Synopsis:
Director Annabel Arden has created a huge hit for Glyndebourne with her irresistible production of L’elisir d’amore. Set in an idyllic vision of a southern Italian village square, Donizetti’s delightful opera tells of the romantic rivalry between the penniless Nemorino (Peter Auty) and the bumptious Sergeant Belcore (Massimo Cavaletti) for the love of the beautiful, bookish Adina (Adriana Kucerova), whose reading of the tale of Tristan and Isolde makes poor lovesick Nemorino think that the wonder-working Dr. Dulcamara might have just the potion his heart requires.

Witty, charming and ultimately deeply touching, this is Italian opera at its intoxicating best. The score bubbles over with high spirits, the action is genuinely funny and though, as in all the best comedies, the laughter is occasionally tinged with tears, true love eventually wins the day – all thanks to a bottle or two of Bordeaux. No wonder L’elisir d’amore has long been among Donizetti’s most popular works.

“As heart-warming an evening as any I have spent at Glyndebourne!” – Opera Magazine

Rated: G

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