Daniel Slater's production, first seen at Opera North seven years ago, is a Fellini-esque vision of scooters, cappuccino machines and champagne fountains, set on a sun-washed hotel terrace overlooking the sea. Seeing it again is like revisiting a perfect holiday spot you'd rather keep to yourself for fear other people might spoil it. Slater's concept is not without its problems - would such a chic community really be fooled by a spurious snake-oil salesman such as Dulcamara? - while casting Adina as a businesslike hotel owner and Nemorino as a lovelorn waiter creates a status gap the narrative doesn't really support. Yet the production is so handsome that you are blinded to such minor inconsistencies. It features some marvellous comic moments, not least Nemorino's sudden change in fortune, when the women discover the magic, aphrodisiac power of a large inheritance.
The revival is invigorated by a line-up of young singers: Anna Ryberg makes an engaging, gamine Adina, though her slightly florid tone obscures some of the words. Susanna Andersson's Giannetta sparkles in her high-flying ensemble lines, and Riccardo Simonetti is every inch the swaggering Italianate baritone as Belcore. The experienced Peter Savidge is luxury casting as Dulcamara. Yet the true revelation is the Opera North debut of tenor Andrew Kennedy, whose gawky Nemorino is affectingly acted and exquisitely sung. The experience is so warm-hearted that you leave the theatre feeling positively tanned and healthy. Tell your friends - or, on second thoughts, don't: they'll all want to go.
· In rep until February 17. Box office: 0870 122 4362. Then touring.