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summer 2019

"I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine."

- As You Like It (Shakespeare)

The Elixir of Love - Donizetti

Performed in English

Libretto by Felice Romani 

Translation by Thomas Martin & Ruth Martin

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Taunton – Pottery Farm, The Barn, Whitney, TA19 0SJ

Sunday 7th July, 4pm

Keynsham – Keynsham Music Festival, The Park, Top Stage Marquee, BS31 2BL

Thursday 4th July, 7pm

Usk – Castle House, Monmouth Rd, Usk NP15 1SD 

Sunday 23rd June, 4pm

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      "Nemorino is devastatingly in love with the beautiful, wealthy Adina... Adina is devastatingly infatuated with the swarthy sergeant Belcore... Enter Dr Dulcamara, two bottles of wine and a secret inheritance... Join Opera in a Box as they spend the summer at the beach in this 1950s revival of one of Donezetti's best loved comedies."

Director:  Lydia Stevens

Producers: Hannah Coleman, Charlie Morris

Musical Director: Sam Baker

Lighting Design/ Operation: Phil Vivash & Toby Foster

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Nemorino: Thomas Edmonds

Adina: Megan Strachan

Belcore: Brendan Casey

Dr. Dulcamara: Harry Benfield

Gianetta: Katie Blackwell

Soprano Chorus: Kimberley Jones

Alto Chorus: Sarah Nash

Tenor Chorus: Thomas Wood

Bass Chorus: Charlie Morris

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Chorus
Nemorino & Adina
Adina & Dulcamara
Nemorino the Ladies Man
Gianetta & Dulcamara
Adina, Belcore, Nemorino
Chorus
Chorus
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