Miami Lyric Opera presents Lucia di Lammermoor
Saturday, April 14 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 15 at 4:00 p.m.
Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center
174 East Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33131
Admission: $45, $35 and $25. Students with ID $25 only at Box Office. Tickets Sales At Olympia Theater at Gusman Arts Center or online www.miamilyricopera.org or tickets.gusmancenter.org
Featuring: Karin White, Jorge Pita, Oscar Martinez, Diego Baner, Jesse Vargas, Ketty Delgado, Herman Diaz and other fine artists.
MLO Orchestra and Chorus
Chorusmaster: Pablo Hernandez
Conductor: Doris Lang Kosloff
Artistic Director: Raffaele Cardone
Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic drama) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor.
In Donizetti’s dark drama, young Lucia is caught in the middle of a feud between her family and the man she loves. Forced by her brother to forsake her love and marry for money, she loses more than her happiness – she loses her mind. After she kills her bridegroom, Lucia plunges headlong into madness to Donizetti’s magnificent score in one of opera’s most famous, horrifying, and musically gorgeous scenes.
Donizetti wrote Lucia di Lammermoor in 1835, a time when several factors led to the height of his reputation as a composer of opera. Gioachino Rossini had recently retired and Vincenzo Bellini had died shortly before the premier of Lucia leaving Donizetti as “the sole reigning genius of Italian opera”. Not only were conditions ripe for Donizetti’s success as a composer, but there was also a European interest in the history and culture of Scotland. The perceived romance of its violent wars and feuds, as well as its folklore and mythology, intrigued 19th century readers and audiences. Sir Walter Scott made use of these stereotypes in his novel The Bride of Lammermoor, which inspired several musical works including Lucia.
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