Detailed view

Synopsis
  • Gaetano Donizetti himself described his ELIXIR OF LOVE, which premiered in 1832, as an “opera buffa”, yet there is little to laugh about in this supposedly comic opera. No different from his DON PASQUALE, composed a decade later, ELIXIR OF LOVE is a work whose mirth is rooted in gentle melancholy. Despite the happy end, the chance that things might have taken a turn for the worse is ever-present, as is the threat that the misunderstandings and coincidences that pepper the narrative of ELIXIR OF LOVE do not always turn out all right in real life. The story recounted by Donizetti and his librettist Felice Romani is a simple one: Adina and Nemorino are in love, yet neither can pluck up the courage to confess their love for the other person. Not until he recalls a single tear in Adina's eye, the famous “furtiva lagrima”, does Nemorino realise that his love is requited, triggering one of the most famous tenor arias in the history of opera.

    Premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on 25 April, 2014
    Conductor: Roberto Rizzi Brignoli
    Director: Irina Brook
    Featuring Nicola Alaimo, Dimitri Pittas, Heidi Stober, Simon Pauly, Alexandra Hutton et al.
Crew

Service

Contact

send

ONLINEFILM Editorial & Support
C. Cay Wesnigk

Mail: support@onlinefilm.org

Phone +49 451 5057570
Fax +49 451 282223

Snail mail
Heisterbusch 3
23611 Bad Schwartau
Germany

The newsletter registration is temporarily disabled. Here you can subscribe to our newsletter.
We will keep you posted about onlinefilm.org and the ONLINEFILM AG and inform you about new films and special offers.




-->

Imprint

ONLINEFILM AG
Heisterbusch 3
23611 Bad Schwartau / Germany
Phone +49 451 5057570
Fax +49 451 282223

Chairman:
C. Cay Wesnigk - wesnigk(at)onlinefilm.org

Chairman of the supervisory board:
Roland Schmidt

Registered address:
Wakenitzmauer 34-36
23552 Lübeck / Germany

Steuernummer
22 296 23957 Finanzamt Lübeck
USt ID DE 214233673
HRB 7698 HL
Amtsgericht Lübeck (local court)