| L'elisir d'amore | |
|---|---|
| Melodramma giocoso by Gaetano Donizetti | |
 Giuseppe Frezzolini as Dulcamara in the premiere of the opera | |
| Librettist | Felice Romani |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Eugène Scribe's libretto for Auber's Le philtre |
| Premiere | 12 May 1832 Teatro della Canobbiana, Milan |
L'elisir d'amore (pronounced [leliˈzir daˈmoːre]; The Elixir of Love) is a melodramma giocoso (comic melodrama, opera buffa) in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto, after Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's Le philtre (1831). The opera premiered on 12 May 1832 at the Teatro della Canobbiana in Milan.