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LOCATION:Staatsoper Unter den Linden\, Berlin
SUMMARY:L’elisir d’amore
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DESCRIPTION:Love potions are all the rage in literature: just think of the 
 medieval story of Tristan and Isolde\, which – over 30 years before Wagn
 er’s opera – also found its way into Donizetti’s work. Here\, the so
 mewhat simple-minded Nemorino is driven to speed up his advances to his ch
 erished Adina by means of a magic potion offered to him by the quack docto
 r Dulcamara.\n\nHowever\, as in Tristan and Isolde\, taking the potion doe
 s not have the intended effect. When Nemorino meets Adina in a state of dr
 unkenness – the intoxicating effect of the potion owing to its high-proo
 f content – Adina turns away angrily and decides to marry the dashing so
 ldier Belcore. It takes a second bottle of \"love potion\" and plenty of f
 ortune for Nemorino and Adina to come together. In the end\, however\, the
  whole village community is convinced of the elixir’s effect. With the d
 elightful naivety of his characters\, Donizetti and his librettist Felice 
 Romani take superstition and credulity for a ride in a lovingly tender man
 ner. The music\, which is said to have been written in just three weeks\, 
 also allows the protagonists touching\, intimate moments\, not least in th
 e famous aria \"Una furtiva lagrima\". The inexhaustible richness of its m
 elodies makes L’elisir d’amore one of Donizetti’s most popular stag
 e works\, which now returns to the Staatsoper repertoire after a long brea
 k.
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