Description
Donizetti – Lucia di Lammermoor | Sutherland • Pavarotti • Milnes • Ghiaurov • Bonynge 2CD
UPC: 028947830450
MPN: 478 3045 DM02
Brand Name: DECCA – The Opera Company Series
Overview
One of the most celebrated recordings of Donizetti’s tragic masterpiece, Lucia di Lammermoor, brought together a legendary cast in 1972: Joan Sutherland as Lucia, Luciano Pavarotti as Edgardo, Sherrill Milnes as Enrico, and Nicolai Ghiaurov as Raimondo. Conducted by Richard Bonynge, with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, this 2CD set remains a cornerstone in the bel canto catalog. Remastered in ADD, the performance captures the full dramatic intensity and vocal brilliance that defined a golden age of opera.
Product Features
- Format: 2CD (ADD remastered analogue-to-digital)
- Opera: Gaetano Donizetti – Lucia di Lammermoor
- Total Timing: 140:12 minutes
- Recording Year: 1972
- Remaster Release: 2011, Decca Music Group Limited
- Booklet: Included, with libretto available online
- Label: Decca (The Opera Company)
- Genre: Opera – Bel Canto / Italian Romantic
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Artists:
- Joan Sutherland (Lucia)
- Luciano Pavarotti (Edgardo)
- Sherrill Milnes (Enrico)
- Nicolai Ghiaurov (Raimondo)
- Ryland Davies (Arturo)
- Huguette Tourangeau (Alisa)
- Pier Francesco Poli (Normanno)
- Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Richard Bonynge, conductor
Interesting Facts
- Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor (1835) is based on Sir Walter Scott’s novel The Bride of Lammermoor, a tragic tale of doomed love and family conflict.
- The opera is famous for its “mad scene”, one of the most demanding and iconic moments in bel canto repertoire, showcasing the soprano’s virtuosity and emotional depth.
- Dame Joan Sutherland, often called “La Stupenda,” was considered the definitive Lucia of her generation, and this recording stands as one of her most acclaimed roles.
- Luciano Pavarotti, still early in his career at the time, delivers a passionate and youthful Edgardo that pairs beautifully with Sutherland’s lyric brilliance.
- This recording is often cited as a benchmark for the bel canto style, both for its cast and for Bonynge’s sensitive, stylish conducting.
Publishers
- ℗ 1972 Decca Music Group Limited
- © 2011 Decca Music Group Limited
- A Universal Music Company
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