English: Andrew Foldi as "Dr. Dulcamara," an itinerant quack and purveyor of "elixirs" and other tonics, gestures to "Cochise" (Bruce Cooper), his sly trumpet playing assistant, to call together the townspeople as he sings his Act 1 (Scene 2) aria
"Udite, udite, o rustici" ("Hear me, hear me, oh peasants") in a performance of the
Cincinnati Opera's| noted 1968 "Wild West" production of
L'Elisir d'Amore in which the 1832
Gaetano Donizetti opera's setting was moved from a village in the Basque country to 1870s Texas.
(This particular performance of the CO production took place in Philadelphia.)
Photograph taken for and rights assigned to uploader.
Summary
Andrew Foldi as "Dr. Dulcamara," an itinerant quack and purveyor of "elixirs" and other tonics, gestures to "Cochise" (Bruce Cooper), his sly trumpet playing assistant, to call together the townspeople as he sings his Act 1 (Scene 2) aria "Udite, udite, o rustici" ("Hear me, hear me, oh peasants") in a performance of the Cincinnati Opera's noted 1968 "Wild West" production of L'Elisir d'Amore in which the 1832 Gaetano Donizetti opera's setting was moved from a village in the Basque country to 1870s Texas. (This particular performance of the CO production took place in Philadelphia.)
Photograph taken for and rights assigned to uploader.