Belcore doesn’t get the girl in Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” (“The Elixir of Love”), but Davide Luciano is OK with that. The Italian baritone is making his Metropolitan Opera (and U.S.) debut as the “other man” who threatens to take the heroine, Adina, away from the bumbling peasant Nemorino. This being a comedy, true love triumphs in the end, and Belcore happily turns his attentions elsewhere. There is the temptation to overdo it because he always wants to show his power.”The critics agreed that Luciano met the challenge nicely. In the United States, it will be repeated on Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. local time.

Source: National Post February 06, 2018 14:51 UTC