The Elixir of Love by Donizetti, tre 14 bal 2021, Nuo (2020/2021), Režisierius Yuri Alexandrov, Dirigentas Dmitry Volosnikov, Novaya Opera Theatre, Moscow, Russia

Created in just two weeks and staged in Milan in 1832, G. Donizetti's lyric-comic opera L'elisir d'amore was a resounding success. An entertaining and witty story that tells about the relationship of a couple in love; melodic, light and graceful music are the main components due to which this opera is one of the most popular to this day. The legend of the magic love potion, which migrated from Gottfried Strasbourg's poem "Tristan and Isolde" to the comedy of the French playwright E. Scribe, based on which Donizetti's opera was written, receives an unexpected parodic interpretation. And it opens up new meanings. It turns out that not a "miracle drink", but the people themselves are able to fill each other with an elixir of kindness and love. Feelings covering the heroes of Donizetti's opera are eternal, like life itself: sympathy, coquetry, rivalry, jealousy. Therefore, the situation of the "Love Potion" could have occurred both at the Venetian carnival several centuries ago, and in a modern town.