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DONIZETTI: L'ELISIR D'AMORE Scottish Opera Aberdeen 2000 Milne, Banks, di Stefano, Farnes

DONIZETTI: L'ELISIR D'AMORE Scottish Opera, Aberdeen 3 November 2000 Act 1: 0.00.00 Act 2: 1.05.50 Adina Lisa Milne Nemorino Barry Banks Dulcamara Donato di Stefano Simon Thorpe Belcore Rachel Hynes Gianetta Chorus and Orchestra of Scottish Opera Richard Farnes, conductor As Rodney Milnes remarked at the time, "there are two epic moments in L’Elisir d’Amore”; Nemorino’s Adina credimi in the first-act finale, when the laughter freezes on your face and you scarcely dare breathe, and the final shoot-out, when profound human truths well up to the surface. This production proved that if you are going to say something serious, it’s best to say it through comedy. Giles Havergal had the advantage of two outstanding protagonists. Lisa Milne’s sweetness of tone and easy agility were perfect for Adina. She kept her capriciousness within reasonable bounds, and from the very start her sidelong glances at her fatally devoted swain spoke volumes about what was to come. (Within five years she would be singing Susanna and Pamina at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) Barry Banks was in equally easy voice as Nemorino; Una furtiva lagrima went swimmingly and he acted the near-simpleton with great tact. Both commanded that trickiest of qualities, especially in something as artificial as opera, complete sincerity. Donato Di Stefano was deliciously sly and seedy as the quack Dulcamara, relishing Felice Romano’s words and bringing authentic italianità to proceedings and Simon Thorpe made a vaingloriously macho Belcore. The conductor Richard Farnes found just the right balance between heartbeat and high spirits. A perfectly lovely evening."