L'Elisir d'Amore

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Event L'Elisir d'Amore
Venue New Zealand Opera - Auckland (1999-), Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand
First Date 31 May 2018
Last Date 30 June 2018
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Donizetti’s bel canto comedy, The Elixir of Love is as charming as it is funny. Nemorino is a likeable but hopeless romantic who has fallen in love with the bold and quick-witted Adina. She isn’t won over by his pleas of love and things get worse when she has an offer of marriage from the self-important Sergeant Belcore. When a dubious salesman, Dulcamara, rolls into town he offers Nemorino what seems like the perfect solution – The Elixir of Love.

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Description Source Website
Primary Genre Music
Secondary Genre Comedy
Opera
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Conal Coad Actor and Singer Dulcamara
Amina Edris Actor and Singer Adina
Pene Pati Actor and Singer Nemorino
Morgan Pearse Actor and Singer Belcore
Natasha Wilson Actor and Singer Gianetta
Wyn Davies Conductor
Gabriela Tylesova Costume Designer
Simon Phillips Director
Nick Schlieper Lighting Designer
Michael Scott-Mitchell Set Designer
Matthew Barclay Stage Director
Works
Text Nationality Italy
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information An opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Italian libretto by Felice Romani, after Eugène Scribe’s libretto for Daniel Auber’s Le philtre, (1831). The Elixir of Love premiered on 12 May 1832 at the Teatro della Canobbiana in Milan.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
AusStage Submit Form
Web https://nzopera.com/ https://nzopera.com/the-elixir-of-love-2018/
Event Identifier 157380
Dataset AusStage