Sarah Dufresne - Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore - BLU-RAY

Country boy Nemorino is determined to win the haughty Adina's heart, but she refuses to give him the time of day. Can Doctor Dulcamara's so-called 'elixir of love' work it's magic? Conductor Sesto Quatrini makes his house debut, as does soprano Nadine Sierra in the role of Adina. She is joined by Liparit Avetisyan, Boris Pinkhasovich and the incomparable Bryn Terfel as the genial wheeler-dealer Doctor Dulcamara.

This production was filmed live in 2007 at the Teatro Donizetti of Bergamo. The singing of Silvia Dalla Benetta as Adina and Alex Esposito as Dulcamara lifts the show to a higher plane. GAETANO DONIZETTI Silvia Dalla Benetta; Raul Hernandez; Damiano Salerno; Alex Esposito; Elena Borin; Orchestra and Chorus of the Bergamo Musica Festival Gaetano Donizetti/Alessandro De Marchi; alessio Pizzech, director;

An opéra-comique by an Italian composer? This was a rarity in it's day, but after the Inchbarely averted disasterInch of it's opening night, Donizetti's La Fille du régiment became a popular success, not least for the high Cs demanded from Tonio in the famous tenor aria InchAh! Mes amis, quel jour de fête!Inch The story revolves around Marie, the canteen girl of the Regiment, whose lover Tonio joins the army to be near her just as she is claimed for marriage into nobility. This acclaimed Teatro Donizetti production was considered by turns Inchhilarious... tender and moving... [and] overwhelmingly brilliantInch by bachtrack. #com