L'elisir d'amore

"Melodramma giocoso in two acts."

2007 2h 13m EN

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This new Dynamic opera was performed in Donizetti's native city of Bergamo, during the most important world festival dedicated to the Italian composer. The opera is set in a rural environment and the action takes place in a country farm. It is a brilliant comedy with many points of contact with semi-serious operas. The choice of this subject must have been strongly influenced by the successes of Vincenzo Bellini's La Sonnambula. The music is folksy and the melodic writing frank and straightforward with a broad variety of passages of high technical content and more elegiac in character; such is the case of the most famous piece in the whole opera, the aria "Una furtiva lagrima", which is also the leitmotiv of the soundtrack of the 2005 film Match Point, directed by Woody Allen.

“Melodramma giocoso in two acts.”

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Cast

Silvia Dalla Benetta
Adina
Raúl Hernández
Nemorino
Damiano Salerno
Belcore
Alex Esposito
Dottor Dulcamara
Elena Borin
Giannetta

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alessio Pizzech
Writers: Felice Romani
Languages: Italian
Countries: Italy

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ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Gaetano Donizetti. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Silvia Dalla Benetta and Raúl Hernández and Damiano Salerno carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Melodramma giocoso in two acts.".

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The take

Alessio Pizzech directs. Gaetano Donizetti scores. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian.

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1Released 19 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Original score by Gaetano Donizetti. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Silvia Dalla Benetta and Raúl Hernández and Damiano Salerno carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "Melodramma giocoso in two acts.".