New York Opera Conservancy Free Summer Program: The Elixir of Love

The Taconic Opera summer program for emerging opera singers, New York Opera Conservatory (NYOC), offers you an opportunity to hear the upcoming generation of professional singers as they gain valuable experience perfecting their craft. Established in 2018, the NYOC helps to fill an unmet need among trained singers to gain valuable hands-on experience through actual performance.

Donizetti’s Elixir is a comedy about a country bumpkin who falls for an educated girl who doesn’t return his affections. A snake oil salesman comes into town, selling all kinds of potions for every problem. He sells the young man a “secret love potion.” Alas, nothing is easy and mishaps abound. Features the famous aria “Una furtiva lagrima.”

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