Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore DVD (Royal Opera)Donizetti's opera L'elisir d'amore available here on DVD performed by the Royal Opera with Bryn Terfel, Nadine Sierra, Liparit Avetisyan and Boris Pinkhasovich. Country boy Nemorino is determined to win the haughty Adinas heart, but she refuses to give him the time of day. Can Doctor Dulcamaras so called elixir of love work its magic? Conductor Sesto Quatrini makes his house debut, as does soprano Nadine Sierra in the role of Adina. She is joined by

Includes images and examples to support practical learning

Cast galleries

Malcolm: Steven Ebel

Madame: Kristen McNally

Format: Paperback

performers and cultural shifts that shaped the genre

Sancho Panza: Philip Mosley

• Espada solo (Ryoichi Hirano) Acosta

dynamic take on a familiar favourite

and I liked what she and others were encouraged to do by way of vocal ornamentation

she dreams of a future with her new husband

The design is completed with a repeating pattern of ballet shoes