The Metropolitan Opera - Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

The Metropolitan Opera - Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 7, 2009

Runtime

2h 22m

Genres

Drama, Music

Original Title

The Metropolitan Opera - Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

Production Companies

The Metropolitan Opera

Director

Gary Halvorson

Description

Star soprano Anna Netrebko adds Donizetti’s hapless heroine to her growing list of Met triumphs in this production by Mary Zimmerman that updates the events to the 19th century. Rising young tenor sensation Piotr Beczała is Edgardo and Mariusz Kwiecien plays Lucia’s brother Enrico whose brutal authority forces her to deny her heart and marry for the sake of her family. The famous mad scene brilliantly depicts the cascading fragments of Lucia’s disintegrating mind.