Un Elixir d’amour
A factory of ideas
based on L’Elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti
All the tenderness and humour of Donizetti’s opera in a version adapted for a youth audience.
Simon Proust | direction
Manuel Renga | staging & lights
Aurelio Colombo | scenography, costumes
Henri Tresbel | translation and adaptation of the libretto
Emma Fekete / Norma Nahoun | Adina
Thomas Ricart / Blaise Rantoanina | Nemorino
Sergio Villegas-Galvain | Belcore
Oleg Volkov | Dulcamara
Sara Gouzy | Giannetta / Factory worker / Wedding guest
Emma Fekete / Norma Nahoun, Annouk Jobic | Factory workers / Wedding guests
Julien Chaudet, Raffaella Gardon | Factory workers
Romain Valembois | The night watchman
Les Frivolités Parisiennes
Sunday 8 June 2025 11am
Singing workshop, free and open to all
(duration 1h30, free seating, booking on the Theatre website from September 2024)
L'Elisir d'amore, which is considered to be among the finest examples of an opera buffa in the bel canto repertoire, has also been Donizetti’s most popular opera for many years. This romantic comedy pleasingly blends an effective comedic libretto with beautiful scoring. The plot is straightforward: the young villager Nemorino is in love with Adina, a rich and beautiful heiress. In order to seduce her, he buys a love potion which turns out to be nothing more than wine. After many twists and turns, the course of true love finally runs smooth for the two lovebirds. The creators of this new version for a youth audience have opted to set it in a factory producing a cordial which children hate. In this world reminiscent of Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times and Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, who will dare to change the recipe and transform it into a delicious fruit drink?
Coproduction AsLiCo | Teatro Sociale di Como | Opera Domani | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées | Opéra de Rouen Normandie | Opéra National de Bordeaux | Opéra de Reims
La Caisse des Dépôts s’engage pour l’accès à la culture des jeunes publics.
ARKEMA, mécène des opéras Jeune Public, accompagne les actions de sensibilisation
à la musique.
La Fondation d’entreprise ENGIE, mécène de l’accessibilité au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, soutient les initiatives en faveur des jeunes en situation de handicap.
