Elixir of Love

Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 7:30pm
Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 2:00pm
Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

Under the direction of Raffaele Ponti, Artistic Director, and featuring:
Nemorino: Andrew Bidlack
Adina: Susan Cotroneo
Dulcamara: Valerian Ruminski
Belcore: JJ Hudson
Giannetta: Kate Maroney

 

Synopsis

L’elisir d’amore is a timeless, wistful look at love and longing, pathos, and youthful exuberance. It’s the story of a bashful and naïve farm laborer, who falls in love with the boss’s daughter, Adina. His efforts at love are thwarted by the strapping Sergeant Belcore, who all but kicks sand in Nemorino’s face as he sweeps Adina off her feet. What’s a boy to do? Enter Dr. Dulcamara, a “snake oil” salesman par excellence. From his roadside stand the good Doctor hawks a variety of medicines, potions, and elixirs guaranteed to cure everything from impotence to the infirmities of old age. Nemorino timidly approaches and asks if there is anything for “affairs of the heart,” to which Dr. Dulcamara offers a bottle of cheap red wine disguised as the “Elixir of Love.”