Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore

An enchanting account. Set in Mussolini’s Italy, but without distorting the plot or detracting from the pervasive charm of the piece, it is wonderfully cast and a perfect team effort. Michael Tanner


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Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:34 pm

COMPOSERS: Donizetti
LABELS: Opus Arte
WORKS: L'elisir d'amore
PERFORMER: Siurina, Auty, Di Pasquale; Glyndebourne Chorus; LPO/Benini; dir. Annabel Arden
CATALOGUE NO: OA 1026 D

An enchanting account. Set in Mussolini’s Italy, but without distorting the plot or detracting from the pervasive charm of the piece, it is wonderfully cast and a perfect team effort. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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