LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Opera in two acts in Italian
Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano
Premièr at Teatro San Carlo, Naples – 26 September 1835
07 November 1957
Fox Theater, San Diego
 
Conductor: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Chorus master: Gianni Lazzarini
Stage director: Carlo Piccinato
Scene and costumes: Golstein & Co.
Choreographer: William Christensen
 
Enrico (Lord Henry Ashton of Lammermoor) UMBERTO BORGHI baritone
Lucia (Lucy) her sister LEYLA GENCER soprano 
Edgardo (Edgar) master of Ravenswood GIANNI RAIMONDI tenor
Arturo (Lard Arthur Bucklaw) CESARE CURZI tenor
Raimondo (Raymond) chaplain at Lammermoor LORENZO ALVARY bass
Alisa (Alice) companion to Lucy JEAN BURLINGHAM mezzo-soprano
Normanno (Norman) follower of Ashton VIRGINIO ASSANDRI tenor
 
Time: About 1700
Place: Scotland

OPERA NEWS                                        
1957.10.14