|
 L’elisir d’amore EMI Rosanna Carteri & Luigi Alva
Websites
 YouTube search for “Una furtiva lagrima”
 “Una furtiva lagrima” is the most famous aria from L’elisir d’amore, and it’s a top aria in many tenors’ repertoire. It’s also the turning point in the plot: Nemorino sees Adina’s “furtive tear” and everyone realizes the story will end happily for all. This link accesses over 100 performances, from Enrico Caruso to violinist Joshua Bell. In addition to renditions by Pavarotti, Carreras, Domingo, Juan Diego Florez, Mario Lanza, John McCormack, Richard Tucker, Beniamino Gigli, Jan Peerce, Nicolai Gedda, Jerry Hadley, and Tito Schipa, there are dozens of lesser-known and student singers, plus Tuna Universitária do Minho, a Portuguese guitar and mandolin ensemble.
L’elisir d’amore full score, from the Indiana University Music Library.
L’elisir d’amore piano-vocal score in Italian and English, from the Indiana University Music Library
DVD
A star-laden team: Pavarotti, Kathleen Battle, conductor James Levine, and director John Copley
Articles
 Rocky Mountain News feature on our partner production at Opera Colorado:
A wonderfully thorough article from February 8, 2007 by Marc Shulgold, including insider information on the acquisition and retrofitting of a 1916 Model T Ford for Nemorino’s ice cream truck and a motorcycle for Dr. Dulcamara.
 Opera News featured L’elisir d’amore twice in 1949, around the Metropolitan Opera’s production:
- The January 31 issue includes “Elixirs of Love” by Carl Van Doren, “The Premiere of L’elisir d’amore” by Maryla Friedlaender, “A Furtive Glance at L’elisir d’amore” by Max De Schauensee, about “Una furtiva lagrima,” and “Operatic Philtres” by Jane Stedman.
- The December 19 issue includes “Elixir of Love and Hope” by Frank Merkling, “Adina—100 Years Ago” by Jane Phillips, “Operatic Prescriptions” by M. Eugenia Geib, and “L’elisir d’amore, Opera of the Week.” Merkling notes that L’elisir’s “singable tunes” have endured over a century, and wonders about a new Broadway musical, “How many songs from South Pacific will still be delighting audiences in 2049?”
Premium access to back issues of Opera News is available at www.metoperafamily.org
CDs
Pavarotti and Battle, James Levine and the Met, with 30-year-old Dawn Upshaw as Giannetta.
Pavarotti’s first Elisir recording, with Joan Sutherland.
|
