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- Gaetano Donizetti
Lucia di Lammermoor (1835)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
G. Schirmer controls the rights in the English translation by Natalia MacFarren for this work but does not supply orchestral materials.
- 1 hr 49 min
- Libretto by S. Cammarano after Walter Scott. English translation by Natalia MacFarren.
- English, Italian
Programme Note
Cast List:
LORD ENRICO ASHTON: Baritone
MISS LUCIA, his sister: Soprano
SIR EDGARDO DI RAVENSWOOD: Tenor
LORD ARTURO BUCKLAW: Tenor
RAIMONDO BIDEBENT, tutor and confidant of Lucia: Bass
ALISA, companion to Lucia: Mezzo-Soprano
NORMANNO, Captain of the Guard at Ravenswood: Tenor
Ladies and Knights related to the Ashtons, Inhabitants of Lammermoor, Pages, Soldiery, Domestics in the Ashton family.Synopsis:
Lord Enrico Ashton is outraged to discover that his sister Lucia is in love with his deadly enemy, Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood. He tricks her into believing that Edgardo has been unfaithful and forces her to marry Lord Arturo Bucklow. Arturo interrupts the wedding and curses Lucia for leaving him. Lucia loses her mind and kills her new husband, before falling dead herself. Edgardo, grief-stricken, kills himself.
LORD ENRICO ASHTON: Baritone
MISS LUCIA, his sister: Soprano
SIR EDGARDO DI RAVENSWOOD: Tenor
LORD ARTURO BUCKLAW: Tenor
RAIMONDO BIDEBENT, tutor and confidant of Lucia: Bass
ALISA, companion to Lucia: Mezzo-Soprano
NORMANNO, Captain of the Guard at Ravenswood: Tenor
Ladies and Knights related to the Ashtons, Inhabitants of Lammermoor, Pages, Soldiery, Domestics in the Ashton family.Synopsis:
Lord Enrico Ashton is outraged to discover that his sister Lucia is in love with his deadly enemy, Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood. He tricks her into believing that Edgardo has been unfaithful and forces her to marry Lord Arturo Bucklow. Arturo interrupts the wedding and curses Lucia for leaving him. Lucia loses her mind and kills her new husband, before falling dead herself. Edgardo, grief-stricken, kills himself.