The Metropolitan Opera is set to present a new production of Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor.” The new staging will bring the bel canto masterpiece from 18th-century Scotland to a present-day town in the American Rust Belt. There will be nine performances from April 23 to May 21, 2022. Australian film, theater, and opera director Simon Stone makes his Met debut {…}
The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced several changes to upcoming performances. The company noted that for March 4, 6, and 11, 2022 performances of “Lucia di Lammermoor,” Ioan Hotea will be singing the role of Edgardo. He will join a cast that includes Ernesto Petti, Liv Redpath, Ya-Chung Huang, and Byung Gil Kim. Meanwhile, the performances on Feb. 3 and 16, 2022 of {…}
On Jan. 18, the Teatro San Carlo will finally open its production of “Lucia di Lammermoor” with an all-star cast. The production will feature one of opera’s rising stars Pene Pati, who will make his highly anticipated house debut. The performances will also mark Pati’s role debut as Edgardo, his second of three Donizetti roles this season which will also {…}
The Teatro San Carlo di Napoli has postponed the premiere of “Lucia di Lammermoor.” The company announced that the latest developments with the pandemic have forced the company to postpone the first presentation from Jan. 15 to Jan. 18. As a result, ticket holders for Jan. 15 will be transferred to Jan. 18 while ticket holders for Jan. 18 will {…}
(Credit: Anne Zeuner) The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2022 season, featuring eight operas, concerts, and international opera stars. For the purpose of this article we will focus on the vocal works only. Operas The season opens with Romeo Castellucci’s production of Béla Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle.” The opera stars Mika Kares and Aušrinė Stundytė in the lead roles, alongside soprano {…}
(Credit: Speranza Scappucci official website) The Music Director of Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège Speranza Scappucci has canceled her upcoming performances of Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” in November 2021 due to surgery. Scappucci took to Facebook with the following statement: “Dear Friends and Fans! After a very successful production of Eugene Onegin, I am unfortunately forced to cancel my next project {…}
(Credit: ©Miguel Lorenzo y Mikel Ponce) For this week’s edition of the Word Search we shine the spotlight on famed “Lucia di Lammermoor” interpreters of the past and present. Instructions: You are free to solve the word search directly on your mobile or desktop device; just click the first and last letter of each word for it to appear on {…}
For this edition of the word search, we take a look at operas that had their world premieres in September. Instructions: You are free to solve the word search directly on your mobile or desktop device; just click the first and last letter of each word for it to appear on the screen. For those using a mobile device, we {…}
Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” has been performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu 302 times since its premiere in 1849. The work has remained a house favorite and was hugely anticipated since its last new production came in 2015. And for the closing production of the 2020-21 season, the Catalan Opera house lined up two of its famed interpreters, Nadine {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a cast change for Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” for the July 21 performance. The Spanish theater announced that Serena Sáenz will sing the title role in Donizetti’s masterwork replacing Nadine Sierra, who will not be able to sing due to a medical condition. Sáenz will make a double debut as she will be {…}
(Credit: Richard Termine) Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” is one of the canon’s most renowned and beloved works. And for this week’s quiz, we’re taking a deep dive into the famed work. The quiz will not only test your knowledge of its musical passages, but also its differing versions (the French and Italian) as well as some other miscellaneous information. My {…}
