L'elisir d'amore (The elixir of love)

Composer: Donizetti, Gaetano

Librettist/Text Author: Romani, Felice

Libretto Source: Scribe, Eugene

Conductor: Gardner, Edward

Orchestra: Paris National Opera Orchestra

Chorus: Paris National Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Burian, Peter

Adina: Murphy, Heidi Grant

Belcore: Naouri, Laurent

Dulcamara: Maestri, Ambrogio

Giannetta: Zamojska, Aleksandra

Nemorino: Groves, Paul

Set Designer: Thomas, Chantal

Costume Designer: Pelly, Laurent

Lighting Designer: Adam, Joel

Stage Director: Pelly, Laurent

Television Director: Caiozzi, Denis

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Date of Production: 06-2006

Venue: Opera Bastille, Paris

Playing Time: 02:12:29

Catalogue Number: BAC040

UPC: 3760115300408

Synopsis

L'elisir d'amore (The elixir of love)

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After an absence of almost twenty years L'elisir d'amore is back at the Paris Opera in a crazy version by Laurent Pelly.

The plot is simple but effective: a shy, naive young peasant buys a love philtre from a quack - all he gets, in fact, is a flask of wine - in order to win the heart of the girl he is in love with; in the end, and with no help from the philtre, she will realise that she loves him too. Add to this a sparkling musical language and marvellously inspired melodies - including the legendary "Una Furtiva Lagrima" - and you have the authentic masterpiece Donizetti turned out in just two weeks.

Transposing the plot to the Italy of the 1950s, director Laurent Pelly offers us an absolute jewel, beautifully crafted and shot through with poetry.