Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor (DVD) – Vito Priante, Patrick Kaongo, Caterina Sala

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Artists: Vito Priante, Priante, Patrick Kabongo, Roberto Lorenzi, Pierre Dumoussaud, Julien Henric, David Astorga, Caterina Sala, Orchestra Gli Originali, Coro dell`Accademia Teatro alla Scala
Conductor: Pierre Dumoussaud
Director: Jacopo Spirei
Video Format: NTSC 16:9
Sound Format: Dolby Digital / DTS Digital Surround
Region: All Regions
Language: French
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean
Studio: Dynamic
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: September 20, 2024
Run Time: 132 minutes

In 1835, Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor made its triumphant debut at the San Carlo in Naples. For its Parisian appearance four years later as Lucie de Lammermoor, the composer went much further than merely Gallicising the heroine’s first name; he subjected the opera to a condensation in which Lucie became the only woman in the entire cast.

Donizetti’s orchestration remains largely the same, but the French influence is audible in new recitatives. This later version is no surrogate or mere abridgement, but, perhaps because of its greater concision, is more brutal and emotional than the original.

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