Lucia di Lammermoor DVD 1967 NHK Symphony Orchestra / Conducted by Bruno Bartoletti / Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Mario Zanasi / Gaetano Donizetti / Live performance September 1967 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

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AUDIO: Mono

SUBTITLES: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian

TOTAL RUNTIME: 138 MINUTES

English Summary:

Legendary opera stars Renata Scotto and Carlo Bergonzi are in peak form in this magnificent live 1967 performance of Donizetti’s bel canto masterpiece. The cast also includes Mario Zanasi as Enrico and Plinio Clabassi as Raimondo. The NHK Symphony Orchestra and Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus are under the direction of Maestro Bruno Bartoletti. DVD Bonus: The Finale of the Garden Scene from Gounod’s Faust starring Alfredo Kraus, Renata Scotto, and Nicolai Ghiaurov.

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Opera in Three Acts
Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano

Cast:
Lucia - Renata Scotto
Edgardo - Carlo Bergonzi
Enrico - Mario Zanasi
Raimondo - Plinio Clabassi
Arturo - Angelo Marchiandi
Alisa - Mirella Fiorentini
Normanno - Giuseppe Baratti

The NHK Symphony Orchestra
Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus
Bruno Bartoletti, conductor

Live performance, September 1967
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian-language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's 1819 historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor.

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 premiere of Lucia leaving Donizetti as "the sole reigning genius of Italian opera".^[2] 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 dramatized these elements in his novel The Bride of Lammermoor, which inspired several musical works including Lucia.

The story concerns the emotionally fragile Lucy Ashton (Lucia) who is caught in a feud between her own family and that of the Ravenswoods. The setting is the Lammermuir Hills of Scotland (Lammermoor) in the 17th century.