Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
Tatjana Gürbaca (stage director), Speranza Scappucci (conductor), — With Irina Lungu (Lucia), Massimo Cavalletti (Enrico Ashton) and Piotr Beczala (Edgardo di Ravenswood)
Cast
Tatjana Gürbaca — Stage director
Klaus Grünberg — Lighting, stage design
Silke Willrett — Costume designer
Beate Breidenbach — Dramaturgy
Massimo Cavalletti — Baritone (Enrico Ashton)
Irina Lungu — Soprano (Lucia)
Piotr Beczała — Tenor (Edgardo di Ravenswood)
Program notes
Explore the world of Donizetti's gorgeous Lucia di Lammermoor, whose plot unfolds at the end of the 16th century in Scotland. Amid a backdrop of turbulence and war between Catholics and Protestants, two families—the Ashtons and the Ravenswoods—vie for territorial supremacy and stand in the way of the burgeoning romance between Lucia (an Ashton) and Edgardo (a Ravenswood).
This new production by stage director Tatjana Gürbaca finds its strength in a dazzling cast, featuring Russian soprano Irina Lungu in the title role, Polish tenor Piotr Beczała—a favorite of the Zürich audience—as Edgardo, and Italian baritone Massimo Cavalletti, splendid in the role of Lucia's brother Enrico. We would remiss, in addition, not to mention the talent of Italian conductor Speranza Scappucci, whose direction of the Philharmonia Zürich contributes hugely to the dramatic intensity of this Romantic opera staple!
