A new production of 'L'elisir d'amore' opens the Òpera Catalunya season

BarcelonaThe 39th season of the Fundació Òpera Catalunya begins on October 14th with a new production of L'elisir d'amore, by Donizetti (1797-1848). The premiere will be at the Teatre la Faràndula in Sabadell (8 p.m.), and until November 13th, fourteen performances will be held in Viladecans, Barcelona, Granollers, Vic, Cornellà de Llobregat, Figueres, Tarragona, Lleida, Manresa, and Sant Cugat del Vallès. This new production features stage direction by Pau Monterde, who resets the action in a southern Italian village in the 1950s. In the pit will be the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès, conducted by Daniel Gil de Tejada, and the Cor Amics de l'Òpera de Sabadell will also participate.

The role of Nemorino will be shared by tenors Manuel de Diego and Álvaro Diana; that of Adina, by sopranos Laura Gibert and Ruth Terán; that of Belcore, by baritones Pau Armengol and Gabriel Mas; that of Dulcamara, by baritones Toni Marsol and Sebastià Serra, and the role of Giannetta will be performed by soprano Mireia Tarragó.

Under the slogan "The master formula", the 39th season of the Fundació Òpera Catalunya includes four titles with 54 performances in thirteen cities: Sabadell, Barcelona, Cornellà de Llobregat, Figueres, Girona, Granollers, Lleida, Manresa, Reus, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Tarragona, Vic, and Viladecans. There will also be a zarzuela concert in Terrassa.

In addition to L'elisir d'amore, the program offers new productions of Aida, by Verdi, and the zarzuela Cançó d'amor i de guerra, by Rafael Martínez Valls, and the revival of the double bill Cavalleria rusticana, by Mascagni, and Pagliacci, by Leoncavallo.