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L'elisir d'amore at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Dates: (4/25/2014 - 5/10/2014 )

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Deutsche Oper Berlin


Bismarckstr. 35
Berlin,Berlin 10627

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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.

This production of ELIXIR OF LOVE at the Deutsche Oper Berlin is in the capable hands of a director who has repeatedly served notice of her proficiency in mounting operatic and theatrical works based on more lightweight material. Irina Brook has staged works such as Rossini's LA CENERENTOLA and Händel's GIULIO CESARE for the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris and was recently contracted for the Salzburg Festival with a new production of Ibsen's “Peer Gynt” and Shakespeare's “The Tempest”.

Cast and Creative team for L'elisir d'amore at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Conductor Roberto Rizzi Brignoli
Director Irina Brook
Set Design Noëlle Ginefri
Costume Design Sylvie Martin-Hyszka
Light Design Arnaud Jung
Chorus Master Thomas Richter
Dramaturge Jörg Königsdorf
Dulcamara Nicola Alaimo
Belcore Simon Pauly
Nemorino Dimitri Pittas
Adina Heidi Stober
Gianetta Alexandra Hutton
Chorus Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Orchestra Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
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