The plot of L'elisir is infectiously amusing. Nemorino is a peasant who's hopelessly in love with the gorgeous and younger landowner Adina - hopeless as a result of he's too shy to strategy her and there may be too nice a category distinction between them.

He hears him telling the townsfolk in regards to the ebook she has been studying about Tristan and Isolde by which their love is ensured by a magical potion.

Just as Nemorino is wishing he had such a potion, the quack, snake-oil salesman Dulcamara sweeps into city, promoting his miracle cure-all concoctions. 

Nemorino asks if he has a love potion, which Dulcamara agrees to promote him, giving him some low cost crimson wine poured right into a flask. He tells Nemorino to take a couple of sips and wait sooner or later, after which all the ladies on the town will fall in love with him. 

Meanwhile, nonetheless, the news comes that Nemorino's wealthy uncle has died, leaving him his complete fortune.

So far, solely the haberdasher is aware of this, however the haberdasher tells one of many native women, on situation of absolute secrecy, and the lady she advised tells all the opposite women, leaving Adina and Nemorino the one ones who have no idea.

All the women then start to bounce and flirt with Nemorino, which he sees as proof that the elixir is working, and even Dulcamara is astonished at its obvious efficiency.

Adina, in the meantime is irritated at Nemorino being so nonchalant in the direction of her as he waits for her to fall in love with him, and simply to punish him she agrees to marry the bullying military sergeant Belcore.

As it is a comedy, nonetheless, all of it ends fortunately and Dulcamara takes the chance to promote much more bottles of his extremely efficient love elixir.

Donizetti's music is gloriously hummable all through, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra performed by Ben Gernon including to the jollity with very spirited enjoying.

The Italian tenor Matteo Desole performed the a part of Nemorino in fantastic model, combining a heat however highly effective voice with nice yokel-like insecurity in his motion.

His supply of the opera's best-known aria, Una furtiva lagrima (a furtive tear), was impeccable, gripping all the viewers with the feelings the character was feeling as he thought that Adina can be misplaced to him.

Donizetti's music is gloriously hummable all through, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra performed by Ben Gernon including to the jollity with very spirited enjoying.

The Italian tenor Matteo Desole performed the a part of Nemorino in fantastic model, combining a heat however highly effective voice with nice yokel-like insecurity in his motion.

His supply of the opera's best-known aria, Una furtiva lagrima (a furtive tear), was impeccable, gripping all the viewers with the feelings the character was feeling as he thought that Adina can be misplaced to him.