Elixir of Love Composer Gaetano Donizetti Librettist Felice Romani Based On "Le Philtre" by Eugène Scribe Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House 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 Fri, Oct 12 1956, 8:30pm Thu, Oct 18 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 Media Image L'Elisir d'Amore, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Giuseppe Campora (Nemorino), Patrice Munsel (Adina) Credit Lackenbach Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1956_05_compressed.pdf (9.78 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image L'Elisir d'Amore, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1956. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Giuseppe Campora (Nemorino), Patrice Munsel (Adina) Credit Lackenbach