Lucia di Lammermoor (1983)
This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first catapulted her to international stardom. She drove audiences wild by the way her opulent voice caressed the music’s long phrases and sprinted effortlessly through the fiendish runs, trills, embellishments and stratospheric high notes. One of the glories of the operatic world, her portrayal of Donizetti’s hapless heroine is a multifaceted and moving characterization. The incomparable tenor Alfredo Kraus is Edgardo, the man Lucia loves but cannot have. (Performance taped November 13, 1982. Broadcasted September 28, 1983.)
Director: Kirk Browning
https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=811357011478
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Joan Sutherland as Lucia |
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Alfredo Kraus as Edgardo |
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Pablo Elvira as Lord Enrico Ashton |
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Paul Plishka as Raimondo |
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Jeffrey Stamm as Arturo |
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Ariel Bybee as Alisa |
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John Gilmore as Normanno |
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Richard Bonynge as |
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MET Orchestra as |
| Sound | Gaetano Donizetti | Music |
| Writing | Salvadore Cammarano | Writer |
| Directing | Kirk Browning | Director |
| Sound | Richard Bonynge | Conductor |
| Directing | Bruce Donnell | Stage Director |
| Writing | Walter Scott | Original Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Attilio Colonnello | Costume Designer |
| Lighting | Gil Wechsler | Lighting Design |
| Art | Attilio Colonnello | Set Designer |
