Joe in Elixir of Love

Joe is in the back right of the picture

Joe is currently performing in L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love), which is a melodramma giocoso in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel-François-Esprit Auber's Le philtre (1831).

This sparkling folk tale is one of Donizetti’s most popular operas. Lovesick Nemorino falls madly in love with the young landowner Adina knowing well that she is out of his league. Luckily, the scheming Dr. Dulcamara has just the cure to what ails him. Russian soprano Ekaterina Siurina sings the minx Adina and John Osborn is Nemorino. Internationally renowned Italian bass-baritoneAlessandro Corbelli plays Dr. Dulcamara, and Liam Bonner is the flamboyant Sergeant Belcore. Directed by Annabel Arden, this delightful production takes place in a rustic Italian town square.

The shows is performed in the Brown Theater at the Wortham on October 23, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. (season opening night); October 28, November 4 and November 7, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. and October 25 at 2:00 p.m.

For more information on the opera and production, please see the HGO website: Elixir of Love.