Name: Lucia di Lammermoor
Start: 2024-08-23
End: 2024-08-23
Location: Belcombe Court

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Bristol Ensemble

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Stage director

Thomas Guthrie

Conductor

Oliver Gooch

Set designer

Ruth Paton

Italian

Lucia di Lammermoor -  (Lucia of Lammermoor)

Bradford on Avon

United Kingdom

Belcombe Court

Public

Lucia of Lammermoor

Arshiya Banu

English

Approved

Madly in love…

One of the most revered of 19th century operas, Lucia di Lammermoor follows the fortunes of Lucia (Lucy Ashton) sister of the Lord of Lammermoor, and the enmity they have for the Ravenswood family. Lucia is in love with Edgardo of the Ravenswoods, but her brother Enrico, has other plans for her matrimony. 

The opera is a gothic thriller, complete with ghostly apparitions, duels and acts of revenge. But it has become most famous for the elongated, so-called ‘mad scene’ in which Lucia, having murdered her imposed husband Arturo, embarks on one of the most challenging and thrilling arias in the entire repertoire, ‘Il dolce suono’. 

To project Donizetti’s beautiful music to full advantage, we have reconfigured the seating so that the audience surrounds the stage, creating an immersive experience for this most powerful of dramas.

Lucia of Lammermoor by Donizetti, Fri 23 Aug 2024, From (2024/2024), Directed by Thomas Guthrie,, Conductor Oliver Gooch, Belcombe Court, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom

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