L'Elisir d'Amore. Rracconto in musica dell'opera di Gaetano Donizetti

Borgo Piave ETC aps with the musical association “A. Miari” of Stefano Emmi and Maria Grazia Feltre will lead us, with a musical narrative, to discover the opera "L'elisir d'amore" by Gaetano Donizetti together with Maestro Carlo De Battista and Dheborah Bordignon, Alessandra Giacobbi, Francesca Meneghesso, Alessandra Pugliese, Virginia Riccardi, Lucio De Cassan and Giorgio Zatta.

The listening guide is a project that Stefano and Maria Grazia have been carrying out for several years with the aim of inspiring the audience in opera through a storytelling of the plot, characters, and locations, interspersed with a live performance of the most famous arias from the selected opera.

L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti is a famous playful melodrama in two acts.

The opera, set in a village in the Basque Country at the end of the 18th century, tells the story of the shy peasant Nemorino, who is in love with Adina.

To win her over, the young man buys a magic potion from the charlatan Dulcamara, discovering in the end that the true elixir is his reciprocated feelings.

The peasant Nemorino is in love with the rich and educated Adina, who rejects him. The arrogant sergeant Belcore arrives in the village, immediately asking for the girl’s hand.

Desperate, Nemorino turns to Doctor Dulcamara, a traveling charlatan who sells him a love potion (actually just simple Bordeaux wine), claiming that it will take effect the next day.

Drunk from the wine, Nemorino begins to treat Adina with feigned indifference. In retaliation, the girl agrees to marry Belcore that very day.

As the wedding preparations are in full swing, Nemorino enlists in Belcore's army just to receive the pay and buy another dose of elixir.

Meanwhile, word spreads that Nemorino has become incredibly wealthy thanks to an inheritance from a deceased uncle. Because of this, all the girls in the village start courting him.

Seeing him surrounded by women, Adina gets jealous and confesses to Dulcamara that she has fallen in love with Nemorino.

The young woman redeems Nemorino's enlistment contract, while he, moved by the tears shed by Adina, realizes that he is finally reciprocated.

The event is sponsored by the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.

Seating is limited and reservations are recommended at segreteria@borgopiaveetc.it

A voluntary minimum contribution of 5 euros per person is required.