
L’Elisir d’Amore
An opera in 2 acts | Composer: Gaetano Donizetti | Librettist: Felice Romani | After Le Philtre by Eugène Scribe
3 May (Wednesday), 3:00PM
4 May (Thursday), 3:00PM
5 May (Friday), 3:00PM
For purchase of 150 tickets or more, a pre-performance talk will be conducted in school premises.
For fewer than 150 participants from a single school, students and teachers are invited to attend talks held at LCSD venues.
Runtime: Approx. 1hr 30 mins
Language: Italian | Surtitle: Chinese & English | Narration: Cantonese
Synopsis
Nemorino, a simple soul with more heart than sense, is hopelessly in love with Adina, the town’s “it” girl. Adina, who definitely needs to get over herself, entertains the town by reading the story of Tristan and Isolde’s love potion and gets herself engaged to a visiting sergeant merely, as far as anyone can tell, to spite Nemorino. Nemorino procures the help of Dr Dulcamara, a less-than-honest traveling purveyor of quack medicines, one of which just happens to be, after Nemorino makes a very specific inquiry, the very same love potion used by Queen Isolde. Dulcamara is, indeed, the manufacturer. But “the authorities” take a dim view of this particular drug and Dulcamara advises Nemorino to keep his mouth shut. It’s actually a bottle of cheap claret on which Nemorino promptly gets thoroughly buzzed. Dulcamara never sticks around long: he expects to be long gone before anyone finds out.
A snafu in Belcore’s orders requires that the marriage be moved up to that very evening, before the effects of the ‘potion’ are to kick in. Despairing, Nemorino enlists in Belcore’s regiment merely for the signing bonus, which he uses to buy a second dose. Meanwhile, the girls of the village come to know that Nemorino’s rich uncle has died leaving him millions. Nemorino is now the most eligible bachelor in the district. Dulcamara’s love potion may not work, but a bank account with lots of zeros sure does. Adina, who — much to Belcore’s annoyance — has been putting him off, comes face-to-face with Nemorino’s newfound popularity, and comes to see him in a new light.
It all ends happily with Nemorino and Adina hand-in-hand. Dulcamara knows a commercial opportunity when he sees one. Belcore shrugs and notes that there are plenty more fish in the sea.
Cast
Cast
Adina
Vicki Wu (3-4/5, Wed-Thur)
Phoebe Tam (5/5, Fri)
Dulcamara
Frankie Fung
Giannetta
Clarice Wong (3/5, Wed)
Anna Vienna Ho (4/5, Thur)
Pinky Lam (5/5, Fri)
Adina
Vicki Wu (3-4/5, Wed-Thur)
Phoebe Tam (5/5, Fri)
Nemorino
Henry Ngan (3-4/5, Wed-Thur)
Dennis Lau (5/5, Fri)
Dulcamara
Frankie Fung
Belcore
Michael Lam (3-4/5, Wed-Thur)
Lam Kwok Ho (5/5, Fri)
Giannetta
Clarice Wong (3/5, Wed)
Anna Vienna Ho (4/5, Thur)
Pinky Lam (5/5, Fri)
Narrator
Cliff Cheung
Creative Team
Creative Team
Conductor
Vivian Ip
Chorus Master
Dennis Lau
Répétiteur
Ingrid Chan *
* The Artistic Internship Scheme is supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Artistic Director
Lo Kingman
Producer / Director
Leung Siu Kwan Cindy
Set Designer
Isaac Wong
Costume Designer
Andrew Cheung
Lighting Designer
Zoe Cheung