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
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