Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
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Having dazzled opera audiences from St. Petersburg to Los Angeles as Lucia, Anna Netrebko triumphantly returns to the Metropolitan Opera in this astounding coloratura role.
Mariusz Kwiecien’s Enrico is the outstanding baritone
Performers are:
Anna Netrebko (Lucia)
Piotr Beczala (Edgardo)
Mariusz Kwiecien (Enrico)
Colin Lee (Arturo)
Ildar Abdrazakov (Raimondo)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet, conducted by Marco Armiliato.
This Met performance of director Mary Zimmerman’s “imaginative staging . . . And nuanced portrayals” (Times) is an amazing example of music and theatricality.
Here is Ms. Netrebko in “Regnava nel silenzio” from Lucia di Lammermoor
And here is a fully staged production: Anna Netrebko “Regnava nel silenzio… Quando rapito in estasi” – Lucia di Lammermoor, MET 2009
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