L'amore medico explained

L'amore medico
Composer:	Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Translated Name:	Doctor Cupid
Librettist:	Enrico Golisciani
Language:	Italian
Premiere Location:	Hoftheater, Dresden

L'amore medico (Doctor Cupid, also known as The Love Doctor) is an opera in two acts by composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. Based on Molière's comedy L'Amour médecin, the work uses an Italian language libretto by Enrico Golisciani. It premiered in a German version by Richard Batka 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, conducted by Arturo Toscanini.^[1] It was first performed in Italy on 6 March 1929 at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by Franco Capuana.

Roles

!Role!Voice type!Premiere cast
4 December 1913!USA premiere cast, 25 March 1914
Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

Lucinda, Arnolfo's daughter			Lucrezia Bori
Clitandro, Lucinda's admirer			Italo Cristalli
Lisetta, a servant	soprano		Bella Alten
Arnolfo			Antonio Pini-Corsi
Tomes, a doctor			Léon Rothier
Desfonandres, a doctor	bass		Andrés de Segurola
Macroton, a doctor	baritone		Robert Leonhardt
Bahis, a doctor	tenor		Angelo Badà
Notary	bass		Paolo Ananian

Recordings

• Doctor Cupid (L'amore medico): Wolf-Ferrari's Comic Opera Based on a Comedy by Molière, 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
  • Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda
  • Recording date: 2009
  • Label: Chandos, 10511 (CD)

Further reading

• Waterhouse, John C. G. (1992), "Amore medico, L" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London)

External links

• • Work details, Corago, University of Bologna

Notes and References

1. News: L'Amore Medico Has Comedy Spirit. Wolf-Ferrari's Opera, Based on Moliere's Fanciful Tale, Sung for First Time in America. Perfection of Ensemble in Singing, Action, and Orchestra Playing. Bori, Alten, Cristalli Heard. ... Another new opera was produced at the Metropolitan Opera House last evening for the first time in America, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's L'Amore Medico.. The New York Times. March 26, 1914. 18 August 2020.