The Elixir of Love for Families

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Opera patrons arriving, The Elixir of Love for Families, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 2008-09. Photographer: Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera.

Operagoers are entering the War Memorial Opera House lobby

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Opera patrons arriving, The Elixir of Love for Families, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 2008-09. Photographer: Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera.

Operagoers are getting their programs

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Opera patrons arriving, The Elixir of Love for Families, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 2008-09. Photographer: Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera.

Families are gathering for a special presentation of "The Elixir of Love"

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Opera patrons arriving, The Elixir of Love for Families, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 2008-09. Photographer: Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera.

Going towards the auditorium

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Ji Youn Yang (Adina), Ensemble, The Elixir of Love for Families, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 2008-09. Photographer: Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera.

In performance, Adina (Ji Young Yang) is regaling Napa Valley denizens with the story of Tristan and Isolde

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Nikki Einfeld (Gianetta), Ji Young Yang (Adina), Ensemble, The Elixir of Love for Families, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 2008-09. Photographer: Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera.

Giannetta (Nikki Einfeld) and Adina (Ji Young Yang) are getting ready to celebrate the harvest

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Eugene Brancoveanu (Belcore), Ji Young Yang (Adina), Chorus, The Elixir of Love for Families, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 2008-09. Photographer: Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera.

Sgt. Belcore (Eugene Brancoveanu), a military recruiter, finds some time to woo Adina (Ji Young Yang)

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Dale Travis (Dulcamara), Chorus, The Elixir of Love for Families, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 2008-09. Photographer: Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera.

A traveling quack, "Dr." Dulcamara (Dale Travis), displays his wares

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Alek Schrader (Nemorino), Dale Travis (Dulcamara), The Elixir of Love for Families, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 2008-09. Photographer: Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera.

Nemorino (Alek Shrader) begs Dulcamara (Dale Travis) for another bottle of the "elixir"

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Ji Young Yang (Adina), The Elixir of Love for Families, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 2008-09. Photographer: Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera.

Ji Young Yang as Adina

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Alek Schrader (Nemorino), Ji Young Yang (Adina), Eugene Brancoveanu (Belcore), The Elixir of Love for Families, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 2008-09. Photographer: Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera.

Adina (Ji Young Yang) is between suitors: Nemorino (Alek Shrader, left) and Belcore (Eugene Brancoveanu, right)

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Alek Schrader (Nemorino), Ji Young Yang (Adina), The Elixir of Love for Families, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 2008-09. Photographer: Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera.

Alek Shrader as Nemorino; Ji Young Yang as Adina in the opera's final moments

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