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L’elisir d’amoreopera buffa in two acts Music: Gaetano Donizetti Libretto: Felice Romani Stage Director: Fabio Sparvoli Set Designer: Mauro Carosi Costume Designer: Odette Nicoletti Lighting Designer: Vinicio Cheli Assistant Stage Director : Barbara Di Lieto Associate Costume Designer : Luigi Benedetti Assistants to the Stage Director: Olga Chichilanova, Sergey Shepelyov Musical Director of the production: Daniele Rustioni Premiere of the production: May 27, 2008 Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes Perfomance has one interval Performed in Italian (the performance will have synchronised Russian supertitles) Even when the prima donna is German, the tenor stammers, and the basso buffo bleats like a goat, a masterpiece can be born, and that’s how Gaetano Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore first saw the light of the day in 1832. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto, after Eugène Scribe’s libretto for Daniel Auber’s Le philtre (1831). Shy and poor Nemorino has no chance with popular and rich Adina. Especially now that dashing officer Belcore arrived in town! Things change, however, when Dulcamara, with his magic potion, manages to settle all the problems. Notwithstanding the hurry, the opera turned out wonderfully: the amusing storyline and light melodies created a work that has long been beloved of audiences.
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1833–2012 Mikhailovsky Theatre St. Petersburg
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