About This Show

Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani star in one of the greatest comic gems in opera, as the fickle Adina and her besotted Nemorino. Bartlett Sher, whose previous productions of Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Le Comte Ory, and Les Contes d’Hoffmann have delighted Met audiences, guides this lively staging, where surface charm will meet with real emotion. Mariusz Kwiecien is the blustery sergeant Belcore; Ambrogio Maestri and Erwin Schrott share the role of Dulcamara, the loveable quack and dispenser of the elixir. Maurizio Benini conducts.

Production a gift of the Monteforte Foundation, Inc., in honor of Wim Kooyker

Show Details

Dates: Opening Night: September 24, 2012 Final Performance: February 9, 2013

Theatermania Review

| | September 25, 2012
Bartlett Sher’s lovely Metropolitan Opera production of Donizetti’s opera features beautiful singing from Matthew Polenzani and Anna Netrebko.