Framed as a TV sitcom episode, this warm-hearted story of unrequited love unfolds with the arrival of a love potion salesman on a beautiful English country house estate staffed by Land Girls and locals.

The Elixir of Love

London Coliseum

Sergei Rachmaninov was born in imperial Russia, but he died in Beverly Hills, and his Symphonic Dances fuse the melancholy of exile with the rhythm, the glamour and the sheer verve of the jazz-age USA. Dream ballet? Showpiece for orchestra? Or simply the most personal symphony Rachmaninov never wrote? However you hear them, guest conductor Teresa Riveiro Böhm has made them the climax of a concert filled with powerful voices and dark poetry. Grażyna Bacewicz’s Overture gets things off to an electrifying start. Then BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Johanna Wallroth turns the leaves of the Richard Strauss songbook: miniature worlds of tenderness, melody and romance, perfectly suited to what one critic called the “pure magic” of her voice.

Teresa Riveiro Böhm

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 15 - Dec 5, 2024

The Elixir of Love · English National Opera

Mar 30, 2025

Afternoon Performance: Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances · BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Symphonic Dances by Rachmaninoff

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Overture by Bacewicz

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in The Elixir of Love by Donizetti

English National Opera

Conductor in Songs for soprano by Strauss

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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