L'elisir d'amore, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 24. Jan 2011

Anna Netrebko returns to the Mariinsky Theater of St. Petersburg to sing the role of Adina in two performances of the premiere of Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" on 24. and 27. January 2011. On 24. January 2011 the performance features also Erwin Schrott as Dr. Dulcamara.

This is the first time ever the Mariinsky Theater has staged Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore". For this special occasion the opera house has chosen the french stage director Laurent Pelly. This is a co-production of the Opéra national de Paris and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. Anna Netrebko had previously collaborated with the french stage director, singing the role of Adina in Pelly's production of Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" at the Opera Bastille in October 2009 and the title role in Pelly's production of Massenet's "Manon" at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.

The roles for the rest of the cast have been rehearsed by a number of soloists from the Mariinsky and the full cast for the premiere on 24. January 2011 has not been unveiled till the same day of the performance.

L'elisir d'amore
Melodramma Giocoso in 2 Acts (1832)
Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Felice Romani after that of Eugène Scribe for Daniel Auber's Le Philtre

Mariinsky Theater, St, Petersburg 24. January 2011

CAST

Adina: Anna Netrebko

Nemorino: Sergei Skorokhodov

Belcore: Vladimir Moroz

Il Dottor Dulcamara: Erwin Schrott

Giannetta: Svetlana Kiseleva

CREDITS
Conductor: Luciano Di Martino
Stage Director and Costume Designer: Laurent Pelly
Stage Director for the Mariinsky Theatre: Christian Räth
Set Designer: Chantal Thomas
Assistant Set Designer: Caroline Ginet
Lighting Designer: Joël Adam
Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
Italian Language Coach: Maria Nikitina
Chorus of the Mariinsky Theater
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater

Co-production of the Opéra national de Paris and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

About the Opera
L'elisir d'amore in Wikipedia [English]
L'elisir d'amore: Synopsis [English]
L'elisir d'amore: Libretto [Italian]

Reviews
A One-Soprano Show | By Galina Stolyarova | St. Petersburg Times, 2. Feb 2011

Videoclips
Anna Netrebko about "L'elisir d'amore" at the Mariinsky Theater


Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott at the Mariinsky. The video with the full interview can be found at the Mariinsky Media website: http://media.mariinsky.ru/Play/#/en/cat5/cnt351


Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott during the rehearsals of Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" at the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, from the news on 100tv


About Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott in Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" at the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, on NTV


Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott on 5-TV


The premiere of "L'elisir d'amore" at the Mariinsky Theater on the news of tvkultura