L'elisir d'amore finds an ideal setting at Macerata

By James Imam, 23 July 2018

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“an unbridled hedonistic vision of almost Berlusconian proportions”

Reviewed at Arena Sferisterio, Macerata on 21 July 2018

Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore

Francesco Lanzillotta, Conductor

Damiano Michieletto, Director

Paolo Fantin, Set Designer

Silvia Aymonino, Costume Designer

Mariangela Sicilia, Adina

John Osborn, Nemorino

Iurii Samoilov, Belcore

Alex Esposito, Dulcamara

Francesca Benitez, Giannetta

Orchestra Regionale delle Marche

Coro Lirico Marchigiano "Vincenzo Bellini"

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.

Michieletto's L'elisir d'amore finds its ideal setting at the Macerata Festival