First performance 4 December 1913 Language Italian | ||
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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
Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
References
L'amore medico Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA