The Elixir of Love
From: Thursday, 15th September 2011
To: Saturday, 8 October 2011
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Synopsis
An ear-tickling delight for all lovers of 19th-century Italian bel canto, Jonathan Miller’s affectionately comic take on Donizetti’s bittersweet rural romance The Elixir of Love is set in and around a 1950s American diner. It won all hearts at its 2010 ENO debut and now enjoys a return date with a fresh cast.
Dazzling young soprano Lucy Crowe sings the adorable Adina. Fast-rising tenor Ben Johnson and baritone Benedict Nelson play the nerdy grease-monkey and the gum-chewing GI who both vie for her affections.
Andrew Shore returns as the slick love potion salesman in The Elixir of Love– a performance that earned him an Olivier Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Opera.
Our Review:
17 September 2011
Something remarkable has happened to Jonathan Miller’s dustbowl Donizetti. Last year’s flaccidly conducted, variably sung first outing at English National Opera has given way to a sparkling restaging that’s tight, bright and light on its feet.
Rory Macdonald is the man who’s revived this production in more ways than one, and he guides the ENO Orchestra through a whizzing account of this most frolicsome of 19th-century scores. Balance, tempo, pace, idiom and warmth – every imaginable quality is exactly right and the musicians play like angels under his baton. Such a talent should be grabbed and glorified in some permanent capacity by one of the major houses.
ENO has been quick to pinpoint Ben Johnson as that rare phenomenon, an English tenor who can sing Italian bel canto like a native. If the tills don’t quite ring on the money notes just yet, the moment is near when they will; meanwhile this gifted young sin...
Cast
Ben Johnson (Nemorino)
Lucy Crowe (Adina)
Benedict Nelson (Belcore)
Andrew Shore (Dulcamara - Sep 15-Oct 1)
William Robert Allenby (Dulcamara - Oct 4/6/8)
Ella Kirkpatrick (Gianetta)
Creative
Donizetti (Music)
Romani (Lyrics)
English National Opera (Producer)
Rory Macdonald (Conductor)
Jonathan Miller (original director) (Director)
Elaine Tyler-Hall (revival director) (Director)
Isabella Bywater (Design)
Hans-Atke Sjoquist (Lighting)
Kelley Rourke (Translation)
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