L’elisir d’amore de Gaetano Donizetti

Under the baton of maestro Josep Miquel Mindàn and the stage proposal of the award-winning director Jaume Villanueva, the Òpera Popular de Barcelona brings you the most brilliant opera by the great composer Gaetano…

This production by the Òpera Popular de Barcelona presents L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti, one of the composer's most brilliant operas and regarded as a masterpiece of the lyric genre. The staging moves the pastoral landscapes of the original to Barcelona: the loves and intrigues of the leading characters unfold during the patron saint festival of an imaginary neighbourhood called Ciutat Bella.

The musical direction is by Josep Miquel Mindàn, at the head of the Orquesta de cambra Terrassa 48, with Quim Térmens as concertino. The staging is by Jaume Villanueva, the choreography by Isa Moren and the chorus is directed by Pablo Morales. The cast is headed by Aseel Massoud as Adina, Adrià Mas as Nemorino, Joan G. Gomà as Belcore, Danil Sayfullin as Dulcamara and Alba Martínez Nieto as Giannetta, all members of the resident company.

On stage there also take part the Cor i Ballet de la compañía and, in collaboration, the gegants and capgrossos of the Associació de Festes de la Plaça Nova, together with dancers from the Esbart Català de Dansaires. It is a repertory opera production with a local setting, presented at the Palau de la Música Catalana.