Aug.
14
2016
09/03/16 – Lucia di Lammermoor – 1pm
San Francisco Opera
Lucia di Lammermoor
Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano
Sung in Italian
front page photo credit: Cory Weaver
Pressured to marry the wrong man, a young woman suffers an emotional breakdown, culminating in the most astonishing mad scene in all of opera.
Witness the arresting vocal and dramatic power of Nadine Sierra and Piotr Beczala in a striking new production by Director Michael Cavanagh and Set Designer Erhard Rom (Susannah, 2014). Music Director Nicola Luisotti conducts the gorgeous, melodic score.
CAST
| Lucia di Lammermoor | Nadine Sierra |
| Edgardo | Piotr Beczala |
| Enrico | Brian Mulligan |
| Raimondo | Nicolas Testé* |
| Alisa | Zanda Švēde |
| Normanno | AJ Glueckert |
| Arturo | Chong Wang |
CREATIVE
| Conductor | Nicola Luisotti |
| Director | Michael Cavanagh |
| Scenic and Projection Designer | Erhard Rom |
| Costume Designer | Mattie Ullrich* |
| Lighting Designer | Gary Marder |
| Chorus Director | Ian Robertson |
* San Francisco Opera Debut
