The Metropolitan Opera HD Live - 2006 Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor 3-8 was released on:
USA: 7 February 2009
Sweden: 7 January 2012
Donizetti
Gaetano Donizetti
Gaetano Donizetti
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (1797-1848) was an Italian opera composer. Some of his best-know operas are "L'elisir d'amore" and "Lucia di Lammermoor".
Music by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvatore Cammarano wrote the Italian libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor
Lucia di Lammermoor was created in 1835.
Diva Plavalaguna (Maiwenn Le Besco) sang Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor: "Il dolce suono" .
The cast of Lucia di Lammermoor - 1977 includes: Joan Sutherland as Lucia
The cast of Lucia di Lammermoor - 1980 includes: Vladimir Konkin as Gaetano Donizetti Stanislav Pazenko as Lord Arturo Bucklaw Anna Treleneva as Alisa Yuri Volkov as Raimondo Bidebent Girt Yakovlev as Normanno Viktor Yevgrafov as Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood
Lucia di Lammermoor - 1908 I was released on: France: December 1908 UK: 23 December 1908 Germany: 1909 USA: April 1909
Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor - 1923 was released on: USA: 15 April 1923 (New York City, New York) (premiere)
Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico(tragic opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti in 1835.Donizetti wrote Lucia di Lammermoor when several factors led to the height of his reputation as a composer of opera. Gioachino Rossini had recently retired and Vincenzo Bellini had died shortly before the premier of Lucia leaving Donizetti as "the sole reigning genius of Italian opera".Not only were conditions ripe for Donizetti's success as a composer, but there was also a European interest in the history and culture of Scotland. The perceived romance of its violent wars and feuds, as well as its folklore and mythology, intrigued 19th century readers and audiences. Sir Walter Scott made use of these stereotypes in his novel The Bride of Lammermoor, which inspired several musical works including Lucia.The story concerns the emotionally fragile Lucy Ashton (Lucia) who is caught in a feud between her own family and that of the Ravenswoods. The setting is the Lammermuir Hills of Scotland (Lammermoor) in the 17th century.There is a tragic "Mad" scene that is not to be missed and can be seen on youtube.