Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore

142 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | July 7, 2018

Donizetti’s bubbly romantic comedy about a spunky landowner, a hapless peasant, and the dubious love potion that may or may not bring them together never fails to delight audiences. In this performance from the Met’s Live in HD series, South African soprano Pretty Yende stars as Adina, imbuing her character with lovable warmth while tossing off effortless coloratura passages from beginning to end. Tenor Matthew Polenzani is Nemorino, Adina’s love-struck admirer, who pours out his heart in the moving aria “Una furtiva lagrima.” The cast also includes baritone Davide Luciano as the swaggering Sergeant Belcore and Ildebrando D’Arcangelo as the wily Dr. Dulcamara, and Domingo Hindoyan conducts Bartlett’s Sher’s charming and colorful production.

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore

142 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | July 7, 2018

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore
Donizetti’s bubbly romantic comedy about a spunky landowner, a hapless peasant, and the dubious love potion that may or may not bring them together never fails to delight audiences. In this performance from the Met’s Live in HD series, South African soprano Pretty Yende stars as Adina, imbuing her character with lovable warmth while tossing off effortless coloratura passages from beginning to end. Tenor Matthew Polenzani is Nemorino, Adina’s love-struck admirer, who pours out his heart in the moving aria “Una furtiva lagrima.” The cast also includes baritone Davide Luciano as the swaggering Sergeant Belcore and Ildebrando D’Arcangelo as the wily Dr. Dulcamara, and Domingo Hindoyan conducts Bartlett’s Sher’s charming and colorful production.
Producers The Metropolitan Opera
Original title Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore
Directors Bartlett Sher, Matthew Diamond
Writers Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, Felice Romani, Eugène Scribe

Cast

Pretty Yende

as Adina

Matthew Polenzani

as Nemorino

Davide Luciano

as Belcore

Ildebrando d'Arcangelo

as Dulcamara

Ashley Emerson

as Giannetta

Domingo Hindoyan

as Self - Conductor

Susanna Phillips

as Self - Host

Lidia Bastianich

as Self - Guest appearance (cook)