Lucia di Lammermoor, Opera Bastille, Paris: 18 February-10 March 2023

Based on a libretto after Walter Scott, Gaetano Donizetti wrote one of the most iconic landmarks of romantic bel canto. The composer successfully transcended the genre with his highly expressive orchestration and consummate art of vocal characterisation, both virtuoso and exceptionally dramatic. Brenda Rae plays the title role under the baton of Aziz Shokhakimov and the stage direction of Andrei Serban who uses the Salpêtrière amphitheatre to explore the themes of male oppression and madness.

• Creative team

  Lucia di Lammermoor

  Opera in two parts (1835)

  After Walter Scott, La Fiancée de Lammermoor

  • Music:

    Gaetano Donizetti - (1797 - 1848)

  • Libretto:

    Salvatore Cammarano

  • Conductor:

    Aziz Shokhakimov

  • Director:

    Andrei Șerban

  • Set design:

    William Dudley

  • Costume design:

    William Dudley

  • Lighting design:

    Guido Levi

  • Chorus master:

    Ching-Lien Wu

  Orchestre et Chœurs de l’Opéra national de Paris

• Cast

  • Enrico Ashton:

    • Quinn Kelsey

  • Lucia:

    • Brenda Rae

  • Edgardo di Ravenswood:

    • Javier Camarena

  • Arturo Bucklaw:

    • Thomas Bettinger

  • Raimondo Bidebent:

    • Adam Palka

  • Alisa:

    • Julie Pasturaud

  • Normanno:

    • Éric Huchet