Rolando Villazón's "L’Elisir d’Amore" In The Wild West

Rolando Villazón as director and Nemorino: these tidings alone were enough to unleash a worldwide "run" on tickets to the Baden-Baden 2012 Pentecost-holiday opera. After his directorial debut in 2011 ("Werther", Lyon) the Mexican tenor now takes it a step further and not only stages Donizetti’s "L’Elisir d’Amore", but also directs himself in the role of Nemorino. The film tells the story of this “story within a story” and reveals the creative process of staging Donizetti’s "L’Elisir d’Amore" at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden in April and May 2012. We follow Rolando Villazón through (t)his production: In rehearsals with singers and actors, in interplay with the young conductor Pablo Heras-Casado on the way to a highly personal performance.