Lucia di Lammermoor

Lucia di Lammermoor

136 mins | Drama, Music | Sept. 28, 1983

This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first catapulted her to international stardom. She drove audiences wild by the way her opulent voice caressed the music’s long phrases and sprinted effortlessly through the fiendish runs, trills, embellishments and stratospheric high notes. One of the glories of the operatic world, her portrayal of Donizetti’s hapless heroine is a multifaceted and moving characterization. The incomparable tenor Alfredo Kraus is Edgardo, the man Lucia loves but cannot have. (Performance taped November 13, 1982. Broadcasted September 28, 1983.)

Lucia di Lammermoor

136 mins | Drama, Music | Sept. 28, 1983

Lucia di Lammermoor
This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first catapulted her to international stardom. She drove audiences wild by the way her opulent voice caressed the music’s long phrases and sprinted effortlessly through the fiendish runs, trills, embellishments and stratospheric high notes. One of the glories of the operatic world, her portrayal of Donizetti’s hapless heroine is a multifaceted and moving characterization. The incomparable tenor Alfredo Kraus is Edgardo, the man Lucia loves but cannot have. (Performance taped November 13, 1982. Broadcasted September 28, 1983.)
Producers Deutsche Grammophon, The Metropolitan Opera
Original title Lucia di Lammermoor
Directors Bruce Donnell, Kirk Browning
Writers Salvadore Cammarano, Walter Scott

Cast

Joan Sutherland

as Lucia

Alfredo Kraus

as Edgardo

Pablo Elvira

as Lord Enrico Ashton

Paul Plishka

as Raimondo

Jeffrey Stamm

as Arturo

Ariel Bybee

as Alisa

John Gilmore

as Normanno