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L'elisir d'amore
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L'elisir d'amore is a melodramma giocoso in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto, after Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's Le philtre.
Giuseppe Frezzolini as Dulcamara in the premiere of the opera
Giuseppe Frezzolini as Dulcamara in the premiere of the opera
Title page of the libretto published by Ricordi
Title page of the libretto published by Ricordi
"Dr. Dulcamara" (Andrew Foldi), an itinerant quack and purveyor of "elixirs" and other tonics, gestures to "Cochise" (Bruce Cooper), his sly trumpet-p
"Dr. Dulcamara" (Andrew Foldi), an itinerant quack and purveyor of "elixirs" and other tonics, gestures to "Cochise" (Bruce Cooper), his sly trumpet-playing assistant, to call together the townspeople as he sings his act 1 (scene 2) aria "Udite, udite, o rustici" (Hear me, hear me, o peasants) in a performance of the Cincinnati Opera's 1968 "Wild West" production of L'elisir d'amore, in which the 1832 opera's setting was moved from a village in the Basque country to 1870s Texas.
Disegno per copertina di libretto, drawing for L'elisir d'amore (undated).
Disegno per copertina di libretto, drawing for L'elisir d'amore (undated).
Tristan and Iseult
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Tristan and Iseult, also known as Tristan and Isolde and other names, is a medieval legend told in numerous variations since the 12th century. Of disputed source, usually assumed to be primarily Celti
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…is in love with Adina, a beautiful landowner, who torments him with her indifference. When Nemorino hears Adina reading to her workers the story of Tristan and Isolde, he is convinced that a magic potion will help him to gain Adina's love. The self-important Sergeant Belcore appears with his regiment and immediately…
Tristan and Isolde by Herbert Draper (1901)
Tristan and Isolde by Herbert Draper (1901)
Tristan and Isolde by John Duncan (1912)
Tristan and Isolde by John Duncan (1912)
The End of the Song by Edmund Leighton (1902)
The End of the Song by Edmund Leighton (1902)
Rogelio de Egusquiza's Tristan and Isolde (Death) (1910)
Rogelio de Egusquiza's Tristan and Isolde (Death) (1910)