L'amore medico

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^[1] 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.^[2][3]

Roles

Antonio Pini-Corsi and Lucrezia Bori

Role	Voice type[1]	World premiere cast 4 December 1913 (Conductor: )	USA premiere cast[4] 25 March 1914 (Conductor: Arturo Toscanini)
Lucinda, Arnolfo's daughter	soprano		Lucrezia Bori
Clitandro, Lucinda's admirer	tenor		Italo Cristalli
Lisetta, a servant	soprano		Bella Alten
Arnolfo	baritone		Antonio Pini-Corsi
Tomes, a doctor	bass		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 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

Notes

1. "Almanacco 4 December 1913" (in Italian). AmadeusOnline. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
2. "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.". New York Times. March 26, 1914. Retrieved 2010-10-15. 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. ...
3. "Almanacco 25 March 1914" (in Italian). AmadeusOnline. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
4. ""L'amore medico" has comedy spirit". New York Times. 26 March 1914. Retrieved 16 October 2010.

Sources

• Waterhouse, John C.G. (1992), 'Amore medico, L' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7