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Program

Gaetano Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor

I. Preludio - "Percorrete le spiaggie vicine"

I. "Tu sei turbato!"

I. "Cruda, funesta smania"

I. "La pietade in suo favore"

I. "Ancor non giunse!"

I. "Regnava nel silenzio"

I. "Quando rapito in estasi"

I. "Egli s'avanza"

I. "Sulla tomba che rinserra"

I. "Qui di sposa eterna... Ah! Verrano a te sull'aure"

II. "Lucia, fra poco a te verrà"

II. "Appressati, Lucia" - "Il pallor funesto, orrendo"

II. "Ebben?" - "Di tua speranza"

II. "Per te d'immenso giubilo"

II. "Chi mi frena in tal momento"

II. "T'allontana sciagurato"

III. "Orrida è questa notte"

III. "Qui del padre ancor respira"

III. "D'immenso giubilo"

III. "Oh, giusto cielo!... Il dolce suono"

III. "S'avanza Enrico"

III. "Spargi d'amore pianto"

III. "Tombe degli avi miei"

III. "Fra poco a me ricovero"

III. "Oh meschina!"

III. "Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali"

Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor

Tatjana Gürbaca (stage director), Speranza Scappucci (conductor), — With Irina Lungu (Lucia), Massimo Cavalletti (Enrico Ashton) and Piotr Beczala (Edgardo di Ravenswood)

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Cast

Tatjana Gürbaca — Stage director

Klaus Grünberg — Lighting, stage design

Silke Willrett — Costume designer

Beate Breidenbach — Dramaturgy

Massimo Cavalletti — Baritone (Enrico Ashton)

Irina Lungu — Soprano (Lucia)

Piotr Beczała — Tenor (Edgardo di Ravenswood)

Program notes

Explore the world of Donizetti's gorgeous Lucia di Lammermoor, whose plot unfolds at the end of the 16th century in Scotland. Amid a backdrop of turbulence and war between Catholics and Protestants, two families—the Ashtons and the Ravenswoods—vie for territorial supremacy and stand in the way of the burgeoning romance between Lucia (an Ashton) and Edgardo (a Ravenswood).

This new production by stage director Tatjana Gürbaca finds its strength in a dazzling cast, featuring Russian soprano Irina Lungu in the title role, Polish tenor Piotr Beczała—a favorite of the Zürich audience—as Edgardo, and Italian baritone Massimo Cavalletti, splendid in the role of Lucia's brother Enrico. We would remiss, in addition, not to mention the talent of Italian conductor Speranza Scappucci, whose direction of the Philharmonia Zürich contributes hugely to the dramatic intensity of this Romantic opera staple!

A closer look: featured composers

Gaetano Donizetti

Further listening: featured works

Lucia di Lammermoor

Gaetano Donizetti (Composer)

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