Another joyful Glyndebourne return for Annabel Arden's fizzy Elisir d'amore

Maxime Nourissat (Dulcamara's Assistant) & Filipe Manu (Nemorino)
© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton

Adam Hickox (Conductor)

Annabel Arden (Director)

Lez Brotherson (Designer)

Leah Hausman (Movement Director)

Giuseppe Di Iorio (Lighting Designer)

The Glyndebourne Sinfonia

Richard Milone (Leader)

Matthew Fletcher (Fortepiano continuo)

The Glyndebourne Chorus

Aidan Oliver (Chorus Director)

Mariam Battisteri (Adina) & Tiziano Bracci (Dr Dulcamara)
© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton

Mariam Battistelli (Adına)

Filipe Manu/Rhys Batt (Nemorino)

Theodore Platt (Belcore)

Tiziano Bracci (Dr Dulcamara)

Ffion Edwards (Gianetta)

Maxime Nourissat (Dulcamara's Assistant)

4pm, Saturday 11 November 2023

Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne 

★★★★

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848): L'elisir d'amore

(libretto by Felice Romani (1788-1865))

Filipe Manu (Nemorino) & Mariam Battistelli (Adina)
© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton

'The single setting makes perfect sense and, as a result, we are immediately drawn into this small yet vibrant world'. 

'The Nemorino ‘team’ carried us through the second act remarkably convincingly, and his (Rhys Batt's) 'Una furtiva lagrima' was astonishing'.

'Mariam Battistelli’s Adina was light and playful, her tone was clear and bright throughout'.

Filipe Manu (Nemorino), Mariam Battistelli (Adina)
& the Glyndebourne Chorus
© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton

'The chorus were in fine form, but the women deserve special mention for their comic ensemble in Act 2, shifting from their drunken entry to competitive avarice when they learn of Nemorino’s newly acquired wealth'. 

'This production delivered just the right combination of comedy and emotion and, with fine solo and chorus singing throughout, left the audience with a warm glow on a cold November evening'.

Read my full review on Bachtrack here.