Ivan Magrì è stato la star della serata

It is a joy to revisit Laurence Pelly’s 2007 take on Donizetti’s masterpiece L’Elisir d’Amore

Genuinely special

South African soprano Pretty Yende lit up the 1950s-set production with beaming smiles and agile singing

Joyeuse reprise

It remains a winning formula

The Royal Opera should hold on to the South African soprano Pretty Yende — she shows she has everything in Donizetti’s bel canto comedy

A real feel-good elixir that send all the audience home with a big smile on their faces

Laurent Pelly's joyous staging of Donizetti's opera returns in a star-making revival

Giant haystacks: Pelly's sunny L'elisir d'amore romps back to Covent Garden

Pretty Yende and Liparit Avetisyan are the stars of the future in the Royal Opera’s L’Elisir d’Amore

At the centre of the performance is Liparit Avetisyan’s touching Nemorino