Glyndebourne Festival Opera at its best!
“As heart-warming an evening as any I have spent at Glyndebourne!” - Opera Magazine
In cinemas Saturday February 13td, opera fans will be treated to the second intoxicating production in High Definition from Glyndebourne Festival Opera. 
L’ELISIR D’AMORE will be presented at select Landmark Cinemas locations and other select theatres in Canada and the USA this winter. Distributed worldwide by DigiScreen, the highly acclaimed production appears on select Canadian screens as part of an ongoing cinema series from the world’s great stages presented by The Royal Opera House’s Opus Arte.
Director Annabel Arden has created a huge hit for Glyndebourne with her irresistible production of L’elisir d’amore. Set in an idyllic vision of a southern Italian village square, Donizetti’s delightful opera tells of the romantic rivalry between the penniless Nemorino (Peter Auty) and the bumptious Sergeant Belcore (Massimo Cavaletti) for the love of the beautiful, bookish Adina (Adriana Kucerova), whose reading of the tale of Tristan and Isolde makes poor lovesick Nemorino think that the wonder-working Dr. Dulcamara might have just the potion his heart requires.
Witty, charming and ultimately deeply touching, this is Italian opera at its intoxicating best. The score bubbles over with high spirits, the action is genuinely funny and though, as in all the best comedies, the laughter is occasionally tinged with tears, true love eventually wins the day - all thanks to a bottle or two of Bordeaux. No wonder L’ELISIR D’AMORE has long been among Donizetti’s most popular works.
L’ELISIR D’AMORE was captured before a live audience at Glyndebourne Festival Opera in August 2009. Glyndebourne’s trademark has long been exquisitely detailed productions richly developed by an extensive rehearsal process that focuses on the ensemble. Since the 1930’s, the popular annual opera festival has flourished, residing in the grand English country house Glyndebourne near Lewes, in East Sussex.
Tickets will be available at $19.95 + tax per adult, $16.95 + tax per senior and $9.95 + tax per child. For cinema locations and to purchase advance tickets throughout Canada visit www.digiscreen.ca. For Landmark Cinemas in Alberta and BC, go to www.landmarkcinemas.com. For independent theatres in Vancouver and Waterloo please visit www.festivalcinemas.ca, www.princesscinemas.com.
