Seattle Opera's L’elisir d’amore is a mostly lighthearted romp

Luca Pisaroni (Doctor Dulcamara)

Tess Altiveros (Giannetta) and Salome Jicia (Adina)

Andres Acosta (Nemorino)

Salome Jicia (Adina)

By Rosie Rogers, 09 August 2022

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“Salome Jicia brought a self-assurance and maturity to Adina that becomes the character”

Reviewed at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle on 6 August 2022

Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore

Seattle Opera

Giampaolo Bisanti, Conductor

Stephen Lawless, Director

Ashley Martin-Davis, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Thomas C Hase, Lighting Designer

Salome Jicia, Adina

Amitai Pati, Nemorino

Rodion Pogossov, Belcore

Luca Pisaroni, Dulcamara

Tess Altiveros, Giannetta

A rite of spring turned inward: Strauss’ Daphne at Seattle Opera

Thomas May, 16th January

Presented without staging, Seattle Opera’s concert Daphne places Strauss’ extreme vocal demands and saturated orchestral writing in sharp relief, offering a high-risk encounter with a rarely heard late opera.

****1

Mozart meets Vaudeville in Seattle's silent movie Magic Flute

Erica Miner, 22nd February

Eye-popping, hand-drawn animation melds with Mozart's fantastical world and the silent film era to create a colorful and energetic new-to-Seattle production.

***11

African American spirituals ring out in world premiere of Jubilee

Erica Miner, 12th October

A world premiere opera about the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the intrepid troupe of African American singers who changed music history.

*****

Alcina in Seattle: captivating, flirtatious, sometimes weird

Rosie Rogers, 25th October

Thoughtful cuts, an extremely skillful orchestra and active, inventive staging made this sexy dark comedy engrossing and highly watchable.

*****

Frederick Ballentine’s Loge shines in Das Rheingold

Rosie Rogers, 12th August

Despite some confused visual elements, an excellent musical performance makes Seattle Opera's production well worth watching.

****1

Huang Ruo’s riveting Bound makes Seattle Opera debut

Erica Miner, 10th June

Bound tells of a second generation of Asian immigrants, born and raised in the US, their problematic association with their cultural heritage, and the difficulties and challenges they face, bound to their culture but trying to be wholly accepted as American.

*****

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Rosie Rogers

Born and raised in Oregon, Rosie is based in the Pacific Northwest. She has music degrees from the University and Puget Sound and Lynn Conservatory, and during the course of her study she discovered an interest in opera and its potential as a multimedia art form. Rosie began writing about opera while in graduate school, and she hopes to make it accessible to a broader audience. Her writing can also be found on palmbeachartspaper.com