Music by GAETANO DONIZETTI
Libretto by FELICE ROMANI
in Italian with English surtitles

DAYTON OPERA
KATHLEEN CLAWSON Artistic Director

DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
CLINTON SMITH conductor website

BENJAMIN WERLEY tenor website – Nemorino
SARAH TUCKER* soprano website – Adina
JORELL WILLIAMS* baritone website – Belcore
ANDREW WILKOWSKE* baritone website – Doctor Dulcamara

KATHLEEN CLAWSON stage director website

*denotes Dayton Opera debut

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Duration of performance: approx. 90 minutes (no intermission)

Dayton Opera launches its season with Gaetano Donizetti’s lighthearted romantic comedy The Elixir of Love. Nemorino, a love-struck young farmer, sighs for the lovely landowner Adina, but is too shy to tell her. Thinking he is outclassed, he is utterly hopeless when Adina responds to the sexy swagger of the conceited Sergeant Belcore, until the sly traveling salesman Dr. Dulcamara produces a magic tonic (that is nothing more than a bottle of cheap red wine!) In a contemporary setting that is sure to intoxicate all audiences, The Elixir of Love is a dazzling bel canto jewel that proves true love is the most powerful potion of all!