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Summary:

Lucia suffers when her brother Enrico schemes to save their family from ruin by manipulating her into a loveless marriage. She falls in love with her brother's enemy and is eventually driven mad.

Table of Contents:

• DVD 1. Acts 1 and 2
• DVD 2. Act 3 and extras.

Author/Creator:

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848 , composer

Contributors:

Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852 , librettist

Zimmerman, Mary , producer

Halvorson, Gary , director

Kwiecień, Mariusz, 1972- , singer

Netrebko, Anna , singer

Beczala, Piotr , singer

Lee, Colin (Tenor) , singer

Abdrazakov, Ilʹdar, 1976- , singer

Martens, Michaela , singer

Myers, Michael, 1955- , singer

Armiliato, Marco , conductor

Ostling, Daniel , art director

Blumenfeld, Mara , costume designer

Gerckens, T. J. , lighting designer

Pelzig, Daniel , choreographer

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

Italian
German
English
French
Spanish
Chinese

Language Notes:

Sung in Italian, with subtitles in Italian, German, English, French, Spanish, and Chinese.

Main Work:

Lucia di Lammermoor [by Donizetti, G.]

Included Works:

Lucia di Lammermoor [by Donizetti, G.]

Related Works:

Opera adaptation of: Bride of Lammermoor [by Scott, W.]

Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))

Related Series:

Metropolitan Opera HD live

Subjects:

Operas

Genres:

Operas

Filmed performances

System Details:

DVD; region code 0 (worldwide); NTSC; aspect ratio 16:9; PCM stereo., DTS 5.1; high definition.

Performers:

Mariusz Kwiecien (Enrico) ; Anna Netrebko (Lucia) ; Piotr Beczala (Edgardo) ; Colin Lee (Arturo) ; Ildar Abdrazakov (Raimondo) ; Michaela Martens (Alisa) ; Michael Myers (Normanno) ; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet ; Marco Armiliato, conductor ; host, Natalie Dessay.

Production Credits:

Production, Mary Zimmerman; directed by Gary Halvorson; set designer, Daniel Ostling ; costume designer, Mara Blumenfeld ; lighting designer, T.J. Gerckens ; choreographer, Daniel Pelzig ; English subtitles, David Rebhun ; DVD producer, Harald Gericke.

General Notes:

Opera in 3 acts.
Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, after Sir Walter Scott's novel, The bride of Lammermoor.
Recorded live for Great performances 2009 February 7.
Program notes by James Kuslan and synopsis (15 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
Special feature: Backstage at the Met with Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Mary Zimmerman, and others (17 min.).

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; all regions

Call Numbers:

MDVD 00940- 00941

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 044007345269
Publisher Number, Deutsche Grammophon: B0013573-09

OCLC Numbers:

1053093169
477753207 [Invalid]