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Programme presenting rare and fascinating operatic performances

Programme presenting rare and fascinating performances and vividly communicating the immediacy of the live experience

Opera on 3: Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore

Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore

Romantic comedy from the New York Met, starring Golda Schultz and Javier Camarena.

Donizetti's Romantic comedy, L'elisir d'amore, from the New York Met, starring Golda Schultz and Javier Camarena.

Romantic comedy from the New York Met, starring Golda Schultz and Javier Camarena.  Donizetti's tune-packed classic is a love story between a rich landowner and a poor peasant - but this is Cinderella in reverse: it's the woman who's rich and the man who's poor. Nemorino has fallen for his boss, the beautiful Adina, and he's in despair when she agrees to marry the boastful but hunky man in uniform, Sergeant Belcore. His only hope for a happy ending is quack Dr Dulcamara's fake love potion.

Adina ..... Golda Schultz (soprano)
Nemorino ..... Javier Camarena (tenor)
Sergeant Belcore ..... Davide Luciano (baritone)
Dr Dulcamara ..... Ambrogio Maestri (baritone)
Giannetta, Adina's friend ..... Brittany Renee (soprano) 
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor Michele Gamba

Read the full synopsis on the MET opera website: https://bit.ly/3Re5jeF

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