Jan 24, 2019

Maryland Lyric Opera To Present ‘Lucia Di Lammermoor’

By Francisco Salazar

The Maryland Lyric Opera is set to perform its first fully staged production of Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor.”

The showcase will be the first addition of a full-scale grand opera production to the Washington-Baltimore region’s opera calendar in recent memory and features rising young stars from the Maryland Lyric Opera Young Artist Institute.

In the title role soprano, Maeve Höglund makes her anticipated role debut, singing the most famous mad scene in opera. She will be joined by the Edgardo of tenor Yi Li and bass Wei Wu. South Korean-American baritone SeungHyeon Baek takes on the role of Enrico with Music Director Louis Salemno conducting.

South Korean-American soprano Nayoung Ban leads the second cast in the title role with baritone Daniel Scofield as Enrico and tenor Yongxi Chen in role of Edgardo. Hunter Enoch rounds out the second cast as Raimondo.

The opera will be performed on Jan. 24 through 26, 2019. Maryland

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By Francisco Salazar

FRANCISCO SALAZAR, (Publisher) worked as a reporter for Latin Post where he has had the privilege of interviewing numerous opera stars including Anita Rachvelishvili and Ailyn Perez. He also worked as an entertainment reporter where he covered the New York and Tribeca Film Festivals and interviewed many celebrities such as Antonio Banderas, Edgar Ramirez and Benedict Cumberbatch. He currently freelances for Remezcla.

He holds a Masters in Media Management from the New School and a Bachelor's in Film Production and Italian studies from Hofstra University.