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Gaetano Donizetti operas
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L'elisir d'amore (1832)
Lucia di Lammermoor (1835)

“Lucia di Lammermoor” by Gaetano Donizetti

Premiere / date of written: 26 September 1835

The opera premiered on 26 September 1835 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. Donizetti revised the score for a French version which debuted on 6 August 1839 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris.

Libretti

# Language Authors
1 Italian Salvadore Cammarano
2 Italian Salvadore Cammarano
3 German
4 English Gwyn Morris
5 French Alphonse Royer, Gustave Vaëz

original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto

Images

Notable videos

  Anna Moffo and Lajos Kozma in Lucia di Lammermoor (1971)

Episode from the movie Lucia di Lammermoor (1971)
Cast: Lucia: Anna Moffo; Edgardo: Lajos Kozma; Enrico: Giulio Fioravanti; Raimondo: Paolo Washington; Arturo: Pietro di Vetri; Alisa: Anna Maria Segatori; Normanno: Glauco Scarlini
Director: Mario Lanfranchi

Video recordings

Year Cast
Conductor,
Opera chorus and orchestra,
Director
Label,
Comment
Buy
1971

DM's pick

Lucia — Anna Moffo,
Edgardo — Lajos Kozma,
Enrico — Giulio Fioravanti,
Raimondo — Paolo Washington
Carlo Felice Cillario
RAI Chorus and Rome Symphony Orchestra
Mario Lanfranchi
VAI, Cat: DVD 4211

Amazon.com
1982

DM's pick

Joan Sutherland,
Alfredo Kraus,
Pablo Elvira,
Paul Plishka
Richard Bonynge
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
Deutsche Grammophon, Cat: 073 4109

Amazon.com

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