Lyric Opera 2021-2022 Issue 2 The Elixir of Love

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 21 The Elixir of Love (L’elisir d’amore) New-to-Chicago Production | Opera in two acts in Italian Music by Gaetano Donizetti Libretto by Felice Romani, based on Eugène Scribe’s libretto Le philtre CHARACTERS IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE Giannetta Denis Vélez • Nemorino Charles Castronovo Adina Ailyn Pérez Belcore Joshua Hopkins Dulcamara Kyle Ketelsen Conductor Enrique Mazzola Director Daniel Slater + Designer Robert Innes Hopkins Original Lighting Designer Simon Mills + Revival Lighting Designer Sarah Rif e Chorus Master Michael Black Choreographer Tim Claydon Wigmaster and Sarah Hatten Makeup Designer Assistant Director David Toulson Stage Manager Dan Sokalski Stage Band Conductor Elizabeth Askren Musical Preparation William C. Billingham Susan Miller Hult Noah Lindquist Jerad Mosbey Prompter Susan Miller Hult Projected English Titles Opera North, UK First performed at the Teatro della Cannobiana,Milan,on May 12,1832 First performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago on November 22,1955 + Lyric debut • Current member,The Patrick G.and Shirley W.Ryan Opera Center The Elixir of Love (Pittsburgh Opera) © 2018 David Bachman Photography