Playground Opera 2024: The Implausible Potions of Dr Dulcamara

Playground Opera makes opera more accessible and provides an exciting first experience of opera for hundreds of children. We prioritise schools in areas of rural or economic deprivation, where children have little access to high-quality culture. Playground Opera abridges classic operas, involving the pupils in rewriting the story, meeting the characters, and singing and dancing along to the music, resulting in an absorbing and highly engaging performance.

Our 2024 tour was The Implausible Potions of Dr Dulcamara - a family friendly adaptation of Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love: haughty Adina is loved by shy Nemorino; Nemorino is intimidated by the boastful Belcore; and all are hoodwinked by the unscrupulous charlatan, Dr Dulcamara. 

For the first time we also brought our popular Playground Opera into Chipping Campden’s Cidermill Theatre, for a public performance.

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Director Maria Jagusz
Set Designer Harry Pizzey
Music Director Jess May
Stage Manager Amber Styles

Adina Rachel Speirs
Nemorino Tobias Campos Santinaque
Belcore/Dr Dulcamara Matthew Siveter

Accordion Miloš Milivojević
Violin Anja Milivojević

Adina (cover) Katherine McIndoe
Nemorino (cover) Brenton Spiteri
Belcore/Dr Dulcamara (cover) Sam Young

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