Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
2016 · 2h 10m · Drama
If you're in the mood for operatic drama with a tragic Shakespeare twist, absolutely watch this tonight—Pretty Yende's star power combined with Andrei Serban's direction and Riccardo Frizza's conducting makes this a genuinely compelling take on a classic. Skip it only if opera isn't your thing, but for anyone who appreciates stunning vocals and doomed romance, this is unmissable.
Plot
Every morning at dawn, in the Lammermuir hills in Southern Scotland, the beautiful Lucia meets Edgardo of Ravenswood, a mysterious young man with whom she is in love. However, just as in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the lovers are the progeny of two feuding families and do not have the right to love each other. Lucia, a magnificent flower shattered by the violence of a society of men, is embodied by South Africa’s Pretty Yende, a rising star of the opera stage, in this production by Andrei Serban, conducted by Riccardo Frizza.