Gaetano Donizetti Diana Damrau ∙ Charles Castronovo ∙ Ludovic Tézier ∙ Taylor Stayton Orchestra of the Royal House conducted by Daniel Oren staged by Katie Mitchell Gaetano Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor

Orchestra Orchestra of the In Donizetti’s tragic masterpiece from 1835 based on Sir Walter Royal Opera House Scott’s novel Lucy of Lammermoor, Lucia, secretly in love with Conductor Daniel Oren her brother Enrico’s enemy Edgardo, is forced to marry a rich Chorus Royal Opera Chorus man in order to restore the family fortunes. However, on her Chorus Master Renato Balsadonna wedding night she stabs the bridegroom to death. Stage Director Katie Mitchell In this, psychologically compelling, production by Katie Mitchell, Lucia Diana Damrau Diana Damrau as Lucia “is brilliantly convincing as a woman of Edgardo Charles Castronovo modern attitudes in a still feudal man’s world” (The Financial Times) Enrico Ludovic Tézier and in the duets with the American Charles Castronovo, Arturo Taylor Stayton in fine and strong voice as Edgardo, “their voices blend perfectly Raimondo Kwangchul Youn with each other” (The Daily Express). The undeniable emotional Normanno Peter Hoare impact gets intensified by Mitchell’s split screen approach, Alisa Rachael Lloyd whereby the audience sees not only the characters meant to be singing at any given moment, but also what is happening Video Director Margaret Williams simultaneously offstage, which offers additional insight into the storyline.

Length: approx. 150' “The music is delicious, the singing is glorious, the acting per- Shot in HDTV 1080/50i formances are excellent and the orchestra, conducted by Daniel Cat. no. A 020 50089 Oren, is up to its usual very high standards.”(The Daily Express)

A production of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

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