Lucia di Lammermoor

Opera in three acts Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on Walter Scott’s novel The Bride of Lammermoor.

World premiere: 26/09/1835 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. First Barcelona performance: 22/09/1838 at the Teatre de la Santa Creu. First Liceu performance:15/09/1859. Last Liceu performance: 04/12/2006 Number of Liceu performances: 277

 Family feuds, passion and madness

Scotland. Between two feuding families a love affair is born. Lucia and Edgardo secretly pledge themselves in marriage. But Lucia’s brother, who is bent on separating them, convinces Lucia that Edgardo has forgotten her and forces her to marry another man. Lucia goes mad, kills her bridegroom, and ultimately dies herself. When Edgardo finds out, he commits suicide to be reunited with her in death.

The world debut of Juan Diego Flórez in the role of Edgardo in Donizetti’s second most frequently staged work.
The set, dominated by a leaning glass tower amid a ravaged, desolate landscape, recalls that Scotland is at war, torn apart by the ambitions of rival factions.

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RUNNING TIME

First act: 41 min
Second act: 40 min
Interval: 30 min
Third act: 54 min

Total lenght: 2 h 50 min

STAFF

Music director
Marco Armiliato

Stage director
Damiano Michieletto

Set design
Paolo Fantin

Costumes
Carla Teti

Lighting
Martin Gebhardt

Production
Opernhaus Zürich

Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu

Chorus director
Conxita Garcia