L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) is a comic opera in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian. The opera premiered on 12 May 1832 at the Teatro della Canobbiana in Milan.
Written in haste in a six-week period, L'elisir d'amore was the most often performed opera in Italy between 1838 and 1848 and has remained continually in the international opera repertory. Today it is one of the most frequently performed of all Donizetti's operas. There are a large number of recordings. It contains the popular tenor aria "Una furtiva lagrima", a romanza that has a considerable performance history in the concert hall.
Cast:
Nemorino - Carlo Bergonzi
Adina - Roberta Peters
Belcore - Frank Guarrera
Dr. Dulcamara - Fernando Corena
Thomas Schippers - conductor
MET - 1966 LIVE
Sony Classical - 2012