Lucia di Lammermoor

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.)

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Music,

Drama

Duration:

136 minutes

Year:

1983

Director:

Kirk Browning

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Company:

Deutsche Grammophon,

The Metropolitan Opera

Cast:
Joan Sutherland

Lucia

Alfredo Kraus

Edgardo

Pablo Elvira

Lord Enrico Ashton

Paul Plishka

Raimondo

Jeffrey Stamm

Arturo

Crew:
Gaetano Donizetti

Music

Kirk Browning

Director

Salvadore Cammarano

Writer

Walter Scott

Original Story

Richard Bonynge

Conductor