L’ELISIR D’AMORE St.Petersburg 2022 Svetlana Moskalenko, Boris Stepanov, Alexander Shakhov, Anton Petryaev

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: L'elisir d'amore  
• Composer: Donizetti Gaetano  
• Libretto: Felice Romani    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Mikhailovsky Theatre, St.Petersburg, Russia  
• Recorded: September 27, 2022
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Svetlana Moskalenko, Boris Stepanov, Alexander Shakhov, Anton Petryaev, Alexandra Sennikova
• Conductor: Valentin Bogdanov  
• Orchestra:
• Stage Director: Fabio Sparvoli   
• Stage Designer: Mauro Carosi  
• Costume Designer: Odette Nicoletti  
• Lighting Designer: Vinicio Cheli  

Information about the Recording

• Format: Unknown
• Quality Video: 2 Audio:2
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• This Recording is NOT AVAILABLE from a proper commercial or public source
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Premiere of the production: 27 May 2008

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.