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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor |
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Composer: |
Gaetano Donizetti |
Artist: |
Janez Lotric, Ezio Pinza, Luba Orgonasova, John McCormack, Louise Homer, Nellie Melba, Igor Morozov, Beniamino Gigli, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Lina Pagliughi, Giovanni Malipiero, Giuseppe Manacchini, Luciano Neroni, Luisa Tetrazzini, Angelo Bada, Pasquale Amato, Marcel Journet, Josephine Jacoby, Riccardo Stracciari, Joan Sutherland, Richard Greager, Malcolm Donnelly, Toti Dal Monte, Tito Schipa, Landon Ronald, Charles Hackett, Giuseppe de Luca, Robert Merrill, Amelita Galli-Curci, Minnie Egener, Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Desiree Rancatore, Charles K. North, Raffaele Arie, Valiano Natali, Anna Maria Canali, Gino Sarri, Andrea Morosini, Luigi Vellucci, Jose Mardones, George Meader, Emma Noe, John Lemmone, Enrico Giuseppe Iori, Enrico Caruso, Clifford Grant, Lado Ataneli, Robin Donald, Sergei Baigildin, Patricia Price, Luca Grassi, Roberto de Biasio, Vincenzo Maria Sarinelli, Matteo Barca, Tiziana Falco |
Conductor: |
Josef A. Pasternack, Richard Bonynge, Will Humburg, Antonello Gotta, Lodovico Zocche, Antonino Fogliani, Giulio Setti, Carlo Sabajno, Walter B. Rogers, Rosario Bourdon, Renato Cellini, Ugo Tansini, Tullio Serafin, Johannes Wildner |
Choir: |
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Opera Australia Chorus, Studio chorus, RCA Victor Chorus, Fiorentino Maggio Musicale Chorus, RAI Chorus, Turin, Bergamo Musica Festival Chorus, Compagnia d'Opera Italiana Chorus |
Orchestra: |
Victor Orchestra, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Rosario Bourdon Orchestra, RCA Victor Orchestra, RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin, New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Fiorentino Maggio Musicale Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra, Studio orchestra, Bergamo Musica Festival Orchestra, Compagnia d'Opera Italiana Orchestra |
Lyricist: |
Salvadore Cammarano |
Label: |
Naxos |
Catalogue No.: |
8.660255-56 |
Format: |
CD |
Barcode: |
0730099025577 |
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Lucia di Lammermoor’s tragic tale of love, feuds, deception, madness and murder has thrilled audiences since its première in 1835. It boasts a fast-moving plot, a strong cast of characters, a brooding Scottish Gothic horror setting and some of Donizetti’s most effective and demanding music, making it the most celebrated bel canto opera in the repertoire. On this live recording from the Donizetti Theatre in Bergamo, Désirée Rancatore gives a fresh and thrilling interpretation of the demanding rôle of the doomed heroine Lucy Ashton, her famous ‘mad scene’ featuring a glass harmonica, Donizetti’s original choice of instrument, rather than the more usual flute, to underline the state of her shattered mind.
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