Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (2009) is a drama, music film directed by Gary Halvorson, Mary Zimmerman rated 8.0/10.

Star soprano Anna Netrebko adds Donizetti’s hapless heroine to her growing list of Met triumphs in this production by Mary Zimmerman that updates the events to the 19th century. Rising young tenor sensation Piotr Beczała is Edgardo and Mariusz Kwiecien plays Lucia’s brother Enrico whose brutal authority forces her to deny her heart and marry for the sake of her family. The famous mad scene brilliantly depicts the cascading fragments of Lucia’s disintegrating mind.

Cast

Anna Netrebko

Lucia

Piotr Beczała

Edgardo

Mariusz Kwiecien

Enrico

Colin Lee

Arturo

Ildar Abdrazakov

Raimondo

Michaela Martens

Alisa

Michael Myers

Normanno

Marco Armiliato

Conductor