Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor from the Met
Soprano Nadine Sierra plays Lucia, Tenor Javier Camarena is Lucia’s beloved, Edgardo, with baritone Artur Ruciński as her overbearing brother, Enrico. Riccardo Frizza conducts.
Soprano Nadine Sierra, always a favourite at the Met, takes on one of the repertory’s most formidable roles, the haunted heroine of Lucia di Lammermoor. Tenor Javier Camarena adds to the bel canto fireworks as Lucia’s beloved, Edgardo, with baritone Artur Ruciński as her overbearing brother, Enrico, and bass Matthew Rose as her tutor, Raimondo. Riccardo Frizza conducts.
Presented by Debra Lew Harder, in conversation with Ira Siff.
Lucia: Nadine Sierra, soprano
Edgardo: Javier Camarena, tenor
Enrico: Artur Ruciński, baritone
Raimondo: Christian Van Horn, bass
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
Riccardo Frizza, conductor
Donizetti's tragic masterpiece tells of the innocent Lucia who is forced into a marriage by her brother Enrico to save the family fortunes, although she is desperately in love with another man. Enrico's ruthlessness and deceit devastate his fragile sister Lucia, with tragic consequences.
Read the full synopsis on the Met Opera website: https://bit.ly/3Myfl6X
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