The Elixir of Love by Donizetti, -tól (2011/2011), Rendezte Paolo Panizza, Karmester Francesco Pasqualetti, Teatro Verdi, Sassari, Italy

What is presented in Sassari, for the 2011 edition of Donizetti's Elisir d'amore is a really young cast, starting with its main female interpreter, Francesca Sassu, who plays the role of Adina. For the first time on the home stage, the young soprano will be able to demonstrate all her worth, as well as the other very young elements of the singing company. L'elisir d'amore was a habitual presence in Sassari as early as the nineteenth century and was recovered by the Concerts Authority in 1975, 1992 and again in 2005. The first performance was in 1832 at the Milanese Cannobiana Theater (today Teatro Lirico dedicated to Giorgio Gaber). The librettist Felice Romani drew the subject from Le philtreby Eugene Scribe, written for the composer Daniel Auber: the poor farmer Nemorino, in love with the beautiful Adina, buys a bottle of elixir of love from the scammer Dulcamara - in reality simple wine. Thanks to the strength of feeling and a pinch of jealousy, the two young people will finally be able to overcome the difficulties.