Study Guide
Study Guide Contents
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Beginner's Guide to Opera
- Who's Who At the Opera
- The Lyric Opera House
- BOC Education Programs
- A Bibliography of Selected Readings
- Education Resources
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PREVIOUS OPERAS
L'lser d'amore
The Elixir of Love
Music - Gaetano Donizetti
b. 29 November 1797, Bergamo
d. 8 April 1848, Bergamo
Libretto - Felice Romani, after the text for Auber's Le philter by Eugène Scribe (1832), after Il filtro by Silvio Malaperta
Composed 1832
Premiere: 12 May 1832, Teatro Canobbiana, Milan
U.S. Premiere: 18 June 1838, Park Theater, New York
Principal characters:
Adina (soprano) (ah-DEE-nah) - a beautiful village girl
Nemorino (tenor) (nay-moh-REE-noh) - the shy boy who is in love with her
Sergeant Belcore (baritone) (bel-COH-ray) - in charge of the local platoon
Dr. Dulcamara (basso buffo) (dool-cah-MAH-rah) - an itinterant quack
Giannetta (soprano) (gee-ah-NEH-tah) - one of the village girls
L'elisir d'amore (Lel-ee-ZEER dah-MOH-ray) takes place in a small Italian village in the early 19th century.