Donizetti - L'Elisir D'Amore Details

L'Elisir D'Amore

Absolutely brillant performance of a favorite opera. Well sung throughout and very well staged with attractive sets and lighting. The acting is also very good and Rolando Villazon is at times very funny. Very highly recommended.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Simply brilliant!

This is a truly wonderful production and I shall buy the DVD.

All the voices are superb but Rolando Villazon is outstanding and his acting is hugely funny and poignant, too. The chorus work is lively, the sets colourful and the direction excellent. An added bonus is being able to share the enthusiasm of the Vienna audience, with an encore for Rolando Villazon and a standing ovation at the end.

It's breath-taking and I can say no more in praise of this production; you will have to see and hear it for yourself. What I will say is that I made the mistake of paying £25 for the Met. New York's HD internet transmission of Gounod's Romeo et Juliette. The sound was awful, the chorus stodgy, the direction weak and the atmosphere non-existent, with one of the performers pulling faces into the camera lens back-stage. It's the last time I will pay £25 for a cinema seat for such rubbish! It's a rip-off by the New York Metropolitan Opera and I recommend everybody to rent this delightful production instead.