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Who wrote the libretto for Lâelisir dâamore?
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Gaetano Donizetti
Gaetano Donizetti, portrait by Giovanni Carnevali; in the Museo Donizettiano, Bergamo, Italy.
The Italian libretto for Lâelisir dâamore was written by Felice Romani.21
Romaniâs work was based on a French libretto originally written by EugĂšne Scribe for the 1831 opera Le Philtre by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber.2