L'amore medico

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First performance 4 December 1913 Language Italian		Composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

Similar Le donne curiose, Il campiello, Sly, Il segreto di Susanna, I gioielli della Madonna

L'amore medico (Doctor Cupid, also known as The Love Doctor) is an opera in two acts by composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. Based on Moliere's comedy L'Amour médecin, the work uses an Italian language libretto by Enrico Golisciani. It premiered on 4 December 1913 at the Hoftheater in Dresden under the title Der Liebhaber als Arzt.

The opera's United States premiere took place on 25 March 1914 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.

Recordings

'Doctor Cupid (L'Amore Medico): Wolf-Ferrari's Comic Opera Based on a Comedy by Moliere, Punch Opera

Music Conducted by Rex Wilder

Directed by Nelson Sykes

Pianists: Robert Boberg and Barbara Ylvisaker

Sung in English by: Anita Beltram (Lucinda), John Miller (Clitandro), Martha Moore Sykes (Lisetta), Milton Gorman (Papa), Richard Roussin (Doctor Tomes); Bettie Harris Fox (Astrologer); Rex Coston (Magician); Margaret Fittz (Gypsy)

Recording date: 1952

Label: Abbey Records, LP No. 5

Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda

Recording date: 2009

Label: Chandos, 10511 (CD)

References

L'amore medico Wikipedia

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