Elixir of Love

Samples from the opening night performance by Jessica Slatkoff Arteaga (Adina), Daniel Snodgrass (Sergeant Belcore), Oscar Martinez (Dulcamara) and David Pereira (Nemorino).

“Una furtiva lagrima” (lyrics below) was composed by Gaetano Donizetti, while the libretto was written by Felice Romani. It is sung by the character Nemorino during Act II of the opera.

Miami Lyric Opera presents Elixir of Love (L’Elisir D’Amore) by Gaetano Donizetti on 11 & 13 August 2011 at the Colony Theatre – 1040 Lincoln Road – Miami Beach. All seats are $30 from the Box Office – 305.674.1040. Subtitles will be used.

Video by the MediaMojoGuy – Miami, Florida.

Italian Text
Una furtiva lagrima
negli occhi suoi spuntò:
Quelle festose giovani
invidiar sembrò.
Che più cercando io vo?
Che più cercando io vo?
M'ama! Sì, m'ama, lo vedo. Lo vedo.
Un solo instante i palpiti
del suo bel cor sentir!
I miei sospir, confondere
per poco a' suoi sospir!
I palpiti, i palpiti sentir,
confondere i miei coi suoi sospir...
Cielo! Si può morir!
Di più non chiedo, non chiedo.
Ah, cielo! Si può! Si, può morir!
Di più non chiedo, non chiedo.
Si può morire! Si può morir d'amor.

English Translation
A single secret tear
from her eye did spring:
as if she envied all the youths
that laughingly passed her by.
What more searching need I do?
What more searching need I do?
She loves me! Yes, she loves me, I see it. I see it.
For just an instant the beating
of her beautiful heart I could feel!
As if my sighs were hers,
and her sighs were mine!
The beating, the beating of her heart I could feel,
to merge my sighs with hers...
Heavens! Yes, I could die!
I could ask for nothing more, nothing more.
Oh, heavens! Yes, I could, I could die!
I could ask for nothing more, nothing more.
Yes, I could die! Yes, I could die of love.