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About the work
A comedy in two acts to a libretto by Felice Romani, adapted from Scribe’s text for Auber. Donizetti wrote it in Milan in about six weeks, and it became the most performed Italian opera of the first half of the nineteenth century. The second-act "Una furtiva lagrima" is its most famous page.
More by Donizetti
- "Al dolce guidami", from Anna BolenaOct 13, 2026
- "Appressati, Lucia...Il palor funesto orrendo...Se tradirmi tu potrai", from Lucia di LammermoorOct 13, 2026
- "Cruda, funesta smania...La pietade del suo favore", from Lucia di LammermoorOct 13, 2026
- Me voglio fa 'na casaNov 4, 2026
- "Prendi, per me sei libero… Il mio rigor dimentica", from L'elisir d'amore
- "Una furtiva lagrima", from L'elisir d'amore
- "Verranno a te sull'aure", from Lucia di Lammermoor
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“L'elisir d'amore.” Shanghai Concerts, https://shanghaiconcerts.com/en/works/donizetti-lelisir-damore.
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