The Community Tickets Program is an initiative in partnership with several local organizations to provide FREE tickets to community members who have never experienced an opera before. This program is being offered for Opera Grand Rapids’ upcoming production of The Elixir of Love.
The Elixir of Love
September 20 & 21, 2024 | 7:30 PM
Forest Hills Fine Arts Center
450 tickets available
Deadline to reserve tickets September 13, 2024
Set in Spain’s Basque Country, The Elixir of Love tells the story of Nemorino, a peasant in love with the wealthy Amina. After Adina rejects Nemorino’s advances, Nemorino purchases a love potion from a traveling quack doctor named Dulcamara. Dulcamara sells Nemorino a common glass of red wine, which Dulcamara claims to be a potent love potion. Nemorino drinks the “potion,” and with his new-found confidence, Nemorino pursues his love for Adina in competition with the swaggering soldier, Belcore. Will Nemorino’s dreams of love come true, or is he destined to a life as a peasant?