Elixir of Love

The season's most purely joyful evening. Inspired by Fellini's La Dolce Vita — its glamour, absurdity, and impossible longing — Opera Orlando's new production lands on the backlot of a 1960s film studio in Rome. Nemorino is an aspiring screenwriter hopelessly in love with Adina, the studio's reigning star. Helping this rom-com along: Dulcamara, the lot's fast-talking food truck impresario, and a bottle of very dubious wine he's calling a love potion. It probably won't work. It does. And then, without warning, "Una furtiva lagrima…" — Nemorino alone with his feelings and the whole theater suddenly alone with theirs "...ooooh, OPERA!”

Soprano Nola Richardson — praised by The New York Times as "especially impressive" — makes her Company debut as Adina, joined by tenor Randy Ho as the credulous Nemorino and bass-baritone Robert Mellon as the affable Dulcamara. Maria Sensi Sellner makes her Company debut conducting. Production concept and stage direction by Grant Preisser.

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Performance Notes

MUSIC BY: Gaetano Donizetti

LIBRETTO BY: Felice Romani

SUNG IN: Italian with English and Spanish supertitles

RUN TIME: 2 hours, 20 minutes + Intermission

PRE-SHOW TALK: Held on stage 60 minutes prior to each performance.

STUDENT RUSH TICKETS: available to students up to two hours before each performance. Valid for up to two tickets per valid student ID.

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