Notes and Editorial Reviews
There is not a dull moment in this, the most enchanting of Donizetti's comedies. Alagna's Nemorino is irresistible, and Gheorghiu's Adina is strongly characterized and beautifully sung.
From the opening bars of its high-spirited prelude to the end of its equally happy finale, there is not a dull moment in this, the most enchanting of Donizetti's comedies. It is a work that has been fortunate in its recordings over the years, and this new release with its predominantly youthful cast is a delight. L'elisir is really a tenor's opera, and its great moment of pure sentiment comes with Nemorino's Act II aria, 'Una furtiva lagrima', in which he expresses his love and his newly found conviction that he is loved in return.
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Roberto Alagna, in his second recording of the role, is an irresistible lovesick young swain, giving the aria more pace and urgency than one usually hears, and decorating its second stanza most originally.
Angela Gheorghiu's Adina is strongly characterised, beautifully sung and especially moving in the duet 'Prendi, per me sei libero', when she attempts to give Nemorino his freedom. Roberto Scaltriti is a thoroughly engaging Sergeant Belcore, from his charming opening cavatina to his brisk exit after being defeated in love, and Simone Alaimo makes the most of his many opportunities as the itinerant quack Dr Dulcamara. Evelino Pidd extracts playing that is both exuberant and graceful from the orchestra of the Lyon National Opera.
-- BBC Music Magazine [reviewing this recording of the complete opera,
Decca 455691]
Includes texts in Italian and English.
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Works on This Recording
3.
L'Elisir d'Amore: Or se m'ami by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Roberto Scaltriti (Baritone)
Conductor:
Evelino Pidň
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Italy
5.
L'Elisir d'Amore: O voi matrone rigide by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Simone Alaimo (Baritone)
Conductor:
Evelino Pidň
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Italy
7.
L'Elisir d'Amore: Esulti pur la barbara by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Conductor:
Evelino Pidň
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Italy
8.
L'Elisir d'Amore: Adina credimi by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Conductor:
Evelino Pidň
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Italy
9.
L'Elisir d'Amore: Barcaruola a due voci by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Simone Alaimo (Baritone)
Conductor:
Evelino Pidň
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Italy
11.
L'Elisir d'Amore: Dell'elisir mirabile by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Conductor:
Evelino Pidň
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Italy
12.
L'Elisir d'Amore: Io giŕ m'immagino by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Conductor:
Evelino Pidň
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Italy
14.
L'Elisir d'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Conductor:
Evelino Pidň
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Italy
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