Curtis Opera Theatre: The Elixir of Love (Photo Roundup)

Curtis Opera Theatre‘s sold-out production of Gaetano Donizetti’s bel canto comic masterpiece, The Elixir of Love (L’elisir d’amore), was a hit. Led by Metropolitan Opera director Sarah Ina Meyers, acclaimed conductor Christian Capocaccia, internationally-renowned scenic designer Cameron Anderson, and award-winning costume designer Whitney Locher, this clever steampunk and Victorian Era-inspired production invited audiences to enter the fantastical mind of inventor and scientist Adina, the opera’s genius heroine.

Check out The Elixir of Love photo highlights below, courtesy of Ashley E. Smith and Wide Eyed Studios.

Don’t miss Ariodante, the final Curtis Opera Theatre production of the 2022–23 season! Join us Thursday–Sunday, May 4–7, 2023, for George Frideric Handel’s riveting tale of dark obsession, desire, and royal intrigue. This dazzling, haute couture-inspired production, directed by Omer Ben Seadia with costume designs by Ryan Park, features members of Philadelphia’s internationally acclaimed baroque orchestra, Tempesta di Mare, under the baton of conductor David Stern. For further information and tickets, click HERE.

  • Left to right: Nemorino (Joseph Tancredi) falls head-over-heels for the genius inventor and scientist Adina (Emilie Kealani).
  • Erik Tofte as the dashing, flashy, and fickle Sergeant Belcore.
  • Dalia Medovnikov as Adina's best friend Giannetta, the town gossip.
  • Bass-baritone Evan Gray as the fast-talking con artist Dulcamara, a traveling salesman who peddles "magic" elixirs.
  • Adina (Emilie Kealani) shares her visions for a new invention with her assistant Nemorino (Joseph Tancredi).
  • Adina captivates the ladies of the town with a reading of "Tristan and Isolde." Left to right: Juliette Tacchino, Hannah Klein, Emilie Kealani, Juliet Rand, and Dalia Medovnikov.
  • Nemorino (Joseph Tancredi) enlists in Belcore's regiment.
  • Nemorino (Joseph Tancredi), Dulcamara's Assistant (Sam Higgins), and Dulcamara (Evan Gray) in Curtis Opera Theatre's "The Elixir of Love."
  • Genius scientist Adina (Emilie Kealani) testing out a new invention.
  • Nemorino (Joseph Tancredi), Adina (Emilie Kealani), Belcore (Erik Tofte) and the cast and chorus in the Act I finale of "The Elixir of Love."
  • Dulcamara's Assistant (Sam Higgins) entices the the townsfolk with one of his boss's magic tonics, with Juliet Rand and Dalia Medovnikov (Giannetta).
  • Dulcamara (Evan Gray) arrives in town to peddle his magic elixirs and swindle unwitting fools with his sleight-of-hand parlor tricks.
  • Belcore (Erik Tofte) lays on the charm, but Adina (Emilie Kealani) keeps her options open.
  • The brilliant Adina, played by soprano Emilie Kealani, is busily preparing for her upcoming wedding.
  • Nemorino (Joseph Tancredi) dreams of winning the hand of Adina.
  • Adina (Emilie Kealani) shows Belcore (Erik Tofte) that she is not easily swayed, in Curtis Opera Theatre's "The Elixir of Love."
  • Adina (Emilie Kealani) inspires the townsfolk and Giannetta (Dalia Medovnikov) with her latest invention, as a smitten Nemorino (Joseph Tancredi) looks on.
  • The brilliant and beautiful Adina (Emilie Kealani) and her assistant Nemorino (Joseph Tancredi) in "The Elixir of Love."
  • Inside Adina's lab (left to right): chorus members of "The Elixir of Love" Shikta Mukherjee, Hannah Klein, Maya Mor Mirtrani, Juliette Tacchino with Nemorino (Joseph Tancredi) and Giannetta (Dalia Medovnikov).
  • Company bow (left to right): Gabriel Feldt, Dalia Medovnikov, Joseph Tancredi, Emilie Kealani, Erik Tofte, and Evan Gray.

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