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Director David Alden transports us into the darkly brooding world of Sir Walter Scott’s iconic Gothic novel. A fragile girl, barely a woman, is treated as little more than chattel within a brutal, power-driven society. She ultimately finds release – but only after severing all ties with reality, escaping into the dream world offered by Donizetti’s cascading romantic melodies.
This brilliant production was created for, and stars, Anna Christy. “[Her] doll-like Lucia is all fey intensity, unaware of her sexual allure and pitched from the start at the edge of sanity. Her dazzlingly sketched coloratura in the mad scene is electrifying.” (The Daily Telegraph, U.K.)
On stage at the Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queen St. W., Toronto. Performance time is approximately two hours, 40 minutes including one intermission. Sung in Italian with English SURTITLES™.
Conductor: Stephen Lord Director: David Alden Set Designer: Charles Edwards Costume Designer: Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Lucia: Anna Christy Edgardo: Stephen Costello Enrico: Brian Mulligan Arturo: Nathaniel Peake
Production from English National Opera
Anna Christy as Lucia in the English National Opera production of Lucia di Lammermoor. Photo: Clive Barda © 2008
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