Elixir of Love Composer Gaetano Donizetti Librettist Felice Romani Based On "Le Philtre" by Eugène Scribe Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Pasadena, CA Venue Pasadena Civic Auditorium Season 1956 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Glauco Curiel Stage Director(s) Carlo Maestrini Chorus Director Gianni Lazzari Choreographer Willam Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Adina, a wealthy and independent young woman Patrice Munsel Nemorino, a peasant in love with Adina Giuseppe Campora Belcore, Sergeant of the village garrison Louis Quilico Doctor Dulcamara, a quack doctor Italo Tajo Giannetta, a peasant girl Jan McArt Doctor Dulcamara's assistant Colin Harvey Show Dates Mon, Oct 29 1956, 8pm Time and Place End of the Eighteenth Century; In a Tuscan Village Scenes Act I -- The Countryside around Adina's House Act II -- The Interior of Adina's Farm-House Act III -- The same as Act I Notes Corps de Ballet