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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

3/28/2011, 15 Tracks, 2:12:37

Featuring

  • Antonino Fogliani
  • Desirée Rancatore
  • Luca Grassi
  • Roberto de Biasio
  • Matteo Barca
  • Enrico Giuseppe Iori
  • Tiziana Falco
  • Vincenzo Maria Sarinelli
  • Bergamo Musica Festival Orchestra
  • Bergamo Musica Festival Chorus
  • Gaetano Donizetti

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Recording & Production

This recording is a live performance from the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, Italy, captured in October 2006.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Donizetti's opera Lucia di Lammermoor is based on Sir Walter Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor, which itself was inspired by real-life events from 1669.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Salvadore Cammarano, the librettist for Lucia di Lammermoor, went on to prepare seven more libretti for Donizetti after its success, and also collaborated with Verdi on three operas.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

This recording of Lucia di Lammermoor uses a glass harmonica to accompany Lucia's 'Mad Scene', which was Donizetti's original instrument choice, rather than the more commonly heard flute.

Source: Booklet

Cultural Impact

Lucia di Lammermoor is considered the archetypal Romantic Italian tragic opera and became a byword for 'operatic madness' in the 19th century.

Source: Booklet

Notable Performances

Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani, the soprano who created the role of Lucia, replaced an original aria in the second scene with a number from Donizetti's Rosmonda d'Inghilterra, a custom that continued for several years.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Gaetano Donizetti, the composer, wrote over sixty operas in just 25 years, many of which were immediately successful across Europe and North America during his lifetime.

Source: Booklet

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