See all informations
Lucia di Lammermoor
Opéra Bastille - from 18 February to 10 March 2023
Sales open on 18 October 2022 at 12h00
Lucia di Lammermoor
Opera Gaetano Donizetti
Opéra Bastille - from 18 February to 10 March 2023
2h45 with 1 interval
Language : Italian
Surtitle : French / English
-
Opening night : 18 Feb. 2023
About
In few words:
On the hills of Lammermoor, in southern Scotland, at sunrise each morning, Lucia meets a mysterious young man with whom she has fallen in love: Edgardo, from the Ravenswood clan. But, as in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the lovers are from feuding families and their love is prohibited. Sir Walter Scott’s novel was inspired by the true story of Janet Dalrymple, who murdered her husband on their wedding night and paid for her crime with her sanity. By setting it to music, Gaetano Donizetti provided romantic Italian opera with one of its emblematic works, noted for Lucia’s “mad scene”, an aria demanding exceptional technique from the performer as well as great dramatic sensitivity. Director Andreï Serban adds the final touch, transcending the crux of the drama in an expression of liberating joy that severs the bonds of a suffocating male‑dominated society.
CHARACTERS
Edgar of Ravenswood: In conflict with the Ashton family because of former rivalries
Henry Ashton: Lucia’s brother, in disgrace with the political powers
Raymond: The Ashton’s chaplain and Lucia’s tutor
Arthur Bucklaw: Enrico Ashton authorizes Arthur’s betrothal to Lucia for questions of interest
Norman: Enrico Ashton’s henchman
Alisa: Lucia’s female companion
- Opening
- First part 85 mn
- Intermission 30 mn
- Second part 50 mn
- End
-
Lucia di Lammermoor
Opera in two parts (1835)
After Walter Scott, La Fiancée de Lammermoor
-
Music :
Gaetano Donizetti - (1797 - 1848)
-
Libretto :
Salvatore Cammarano
-
Conductor :
Aziz Shokhakimov
-
Director :
-
Set design :
William Dudley
-
Costume design :
William Dudley
-
Lighting design :
Guido Levi
-
Chorus master :
-
-
-
Enrico Ashton :
-
Lucia :
-
Brenda Rae
-
-
Edgardo di Ravenswood :
-
Arturo Bucklaw :
-
Thomas Bettinger
-
-
Raimondo Bidebent :
-
Alisa :
-
Normanno :
-
Éric Huchet
-
-
Performances
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Gallery
Audio clips
Lucia di Lammermoor - Air de la folie
Lucia di Lammermoor (saison 16/17)- Acte 2
Lucia di Lammermoor (saison 16/17)- Acte 1
Lucia di Lammermoor (saison 16/17)- Acte 2
Find this show in the following subscriptions
You may also like