Lucia di Lammermoor facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Lucia di Lammermoor
by Gaetano Donizetti
Donizetti, about 1830
Genre	Opera in 3 acts
Librettist	Salvatore Cammarano
Language	Italian
Premiere	Naples, Italy September 26, 1835
Other	Operas by Donizetti Anna Bolena (1830) L'elisir d'amore (1832) Maria Stuarda (1834) Lucia di Lammermoor (1835) Roberto Devereux (1837) La fille du regiment (1840) Don Pasquale (1843)

Lucia di Lammermoor is an Italian opera in three acts. Salvatore Cammarano wrote the libretto (story and words). Gaetano Donizetti wrote the music. The opera is based on Sir Walter Scott's novel, The Bride of Lammermoor.

The opera was first performed on September 26, 1835 at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Italy. Fanny Tacchinardi-Persiani played the title role. The opera is celebrated for the sextet "Chi mi frena" and Lucia's lengthy Mad Scene, a technically and dramatically demanding double-aria tour de force. The opera was a great success. Every number received a tremendous ovation. Donizetti and the cast were called forth for numerous curtain calls. The opera is number 19 on the Operabase list of the most performed operas worldwide.

Characters

• Lucia, an aristocratic young woman in love with Edgardo (soprano)
• Edgardo di Ravenswood, Lucia's beloved (tenor)
• Enrico Ashton, Lucia's brother (baritone)
• Arturo Bucklaw, a rich lord and Lucia's bridgegroom (tenor)
• Raimondo Bidebent, a Calvinist chaplain (bass)
• Alisa, Lucia's maid (mezzo-soprano)
• Normanno, Enrico's retainer (tenor)

Images for kids

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  Disegno per copertina di libretto, drawing for Lucia di Lammermoor (1954).

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  Lammermuir Hills, Scotland

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  A caricature of the "Lucia Sextet", circa 1900 (Civica Raccolta Stampe Bertarelli Milan)

See also

In Spanish: Lucía de Lammermoor para niños