One small sip of love potion and your longed-for dream of togetherness will be fulfilled – a centuries-old image of wish fulfilment that Nemorino also falls for in Donizetti’s ‘L’elisir d’amore’. He is prepared to do anything to please his adored Adina, but she laughs at him, along with the rest of the village, and prefers the rich and handsome Belcore. When a faith healer comes to town and praises his magic potions, Nemorino senses his chance of love…

Joan Anton Rechi’s production exudes pacy Italian flair on stage and transports the audience back to the romantic and joyous visual worlds with a hint of melancholy that aroused desire everywhere in the 1950s in the films of Fellini and Rossellini. read less