It's love, Italian style, as the Boston Midsummer Opera (BMO) presents two rarely performed one-act gems from the 19th century, Donizetti's Il Campanello and Mascagni's L'amico Fritz for its eleventh season. Three performances will presented, on July 20, 22 and 24, in a new location for the BMO, the Arsenal Center for the Arts, Mosesian Theater, in Watertown.

Il Campanello is an exuberant comic farce for which Donizetti wrote both the music and libretto. The story revolves around Don Pistacchio, an elderly apothecary (Jason Budd), his new bride Serafina (Meredith Hansen) and her lover Enrico (David Kravitz). Enrico is determined to keep the newlyweds from consummating their union by disguising himself, continually ringing the Night Bell and demanding various remedies and potions. Il Campanello will be sung in English.

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