MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Music & the Arts

Donizetti’s Elixir of Love at Seattle Opera

Andres Acosta as Nemorino in Seattle Opera’s production of “The Elixir of Love.” (Sunny Martini)

Seattle Opera’s new season has opened with a production of The Elixir of Love, Donizetti’s melodramma giocoso from 1832. Although I have to miss these performances, I reviewed the company’s production directed by David Gately when it was presented at the height of the pandemic virtually, as a film (with a different cast and a very small ensemble):

While the world pins its hope on a coronavirus vaccine, another elixir is getting top billing at Seattle Opera…

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