The Elixir of Love
Gaetano Donizetti/Felice Romani
Stage Director
Press:
Piedmont Opera’s “Elixir” is an exuberant romp through love and laughter – Lynn Feldster, Winston-Salem Journal
Performance Review: Gaetano Donizetti – L’Elisir d’Amore
The Elixir of Love at Piedmont Opera - Interview with David Blalock (Nemorino) – Luis Gazzola, Opera Lively
Details
Piedmont Opera
Conductor: James Allbritten
Photo: Jenny L. Viars
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.