Una furtiva lagrima

Una furtiva lagrima (A secret tear) is an aria from Donizetti's opera L'elisir d'amore. The aria is sung by Nemorino (tenor) when he notices that the love potion he bought to win the heart of Adina, ' works '.

Nemorino is in love with Adina, but she is not interested in a relationship with an innocent, quiet man. To win her heart, Nemorino buys a ' love potion ' of all the money that he owns. This ' love potion ' is actually cheap red wine, sold by a quack. But when he sees Adina weeping, he knows that he has won her love and that the ' Elixir ' has worked. ==Libretto[ Edit] == ==Movies[ Edit] == A recording by Enrico Caruso starred in the movie Match Point, directed by Woody Allen.