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Nashville Opera to Present ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ with Rainelle Krause

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Nashville Opera closes its season with two performances of Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor.” The opera will feature Rainelle Krause in the title role alongside César Delgado as Edgardo, Timothy Mix as Enrico, William Guanbo Su as Raimondo, Sara Crigger as Alisa, and Gregory Sliskovich as both Arturo and Normanno. The opera will be directed by Nashville Opera CEO and Artistic {…}

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Teatro Carlo Felice to Present ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ with Nina Minasyan

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The Teatro Carlo Felice is set to present Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” as its second production of the 2024-25 season. The work will be performed from Nov. 15 through Nov. 24, 2024 and will be conducted by Francesco Ivan Ciampa. Lorenzo Mariani brings his Bilbao Opera production, which received rave reviews. OperaWire said, “The production directed by Lorenzo Mariani was {…}

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Zurich Opera House 2024-25 Review: Lucia di Lammermoor

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(Photo © Zurich Opera House. All rights reserved.) “She let herself go to the rocking of the melodies and felt herself vibrating with all her being as if the bows of the violins had been walking on her nerves.” -“Madame Bovary,” part II, Chapter XV As Emma Bovary is overwhelmed by “Lucia di Lammermoor,” so too was the audience at {…}

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Lisette Oropesa to Record ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’

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(Credit: Teatro alla Scala / Brescia – Amisano) Lisette Oropesa is recording Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor.” The Soprano took to social media to announce the upcoming album and noted that the opera will be recorded in Sicily. The cast will include Stefan Pop as Edgardo, Mattia Olivieri as Enrico, and  Riccardo Zanellato as Raimondo. Maestro Fabrizio Maria Carminati will conduct.  Oropesa {…}

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Brittany Smith to Headline Cape Town Opera’s ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’

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Cape Town Opera is set to present “Lucia di Lammermoor” at Artscape on June 14-23, 2024 before it heads to the Joberg Theatre on July 25, 2024. The famed Donizetti work will star Brittany Smith as Lucia, Lukhanyo Moyake as Edgardo, and Conroy Scott as Enrico. Other cast members include  CTO Judith Neilson Young Artists Asisipho Petu and Julia Portela {…}

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Royal Opera House 2023-24 Review: Lucia di Lammermoor

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I have more than once commented that OPERA, no matter the tale, should always be about the music; specifically, the singing, above and beyond anything else. It is, after all, what truly defines the art. And in Katie Mitchell’s and Robin Tebbutt’s revival production of Donizetti’s tragic opera, the singing is inarguably superlative. Alas, this is a truly grim tale. {…}

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Regina Opera to Present ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’

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Brooklyn’s Regina Opera is set to present a full-staged production of “Lucia di Lammermoor” starting on May 11, 2024. The opera will star three sopranos in the title role including Yujin Zeng, Alexis Cregger Olinyk, and Makila Kirchner. Joining them are three singers for each of the main roles. As Edgardo, audiences will see Oswaldo Iraheta, Christopher Trapani, and Jose {…}

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Andrea Bocelli to Release New Recording of ‘La Forza del Destino,’ Following ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ & ‘Otello’

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Andrea Bocelli is set to drop two more opera recordings on Apple Music. The tenor recently released a recording of “Lucia di Lammermoor” under the musical direction of Andriy Yurkevych and the Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova. That recording dates from Bocelli’s debut as Edgardo in the opera back in 2018. He stars alongside Zuzana Marková who takes {…}