LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
June 22 & 24, 2023 | 7:30 pm
Music Hall • springer auditorium
Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano
Sung in Italian with projected English translations
Truly. Madly. Deeply.
The heart wants what the heart wants. At Scotland’s Lammermoor Castle, Lucia and Edgardo are entwined in a forbidden romance. Despite their families’ age-old feud, they vow to give everything up for love. But Lucia’s disapproving brother Enrico endeavors to undo the lovers’ promise and marry Lucia off in a more lucrative pairing. The deception becomes a curse, leading Lucia and Edgardo to make terrible new vows once hope for love is lost.
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Cast & Creative Team
Lucia – Raven McMillon
Edgardo – Santiago Ballerini
Enrico – Anthony Clark Evans
Raimondo – Griffen Hogan Tracy
Normanno – Terrence Chin-Loy
Arturo – Sahel Salam
Alisa – Kayleigh Decker
Conductor – Renato Balsadonna
Stage Director – Jose Maria Condemi
Costume & Scenic Designer – Philip Witcomb
Lighting Designer – Thomas C. Hase
Wig & Makeup Designer – James Geier
Chorus Master – Henri Venanzi
Featuring the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Opera Chorus
Production from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
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Opera Insights
Enhance your Lucia di Lammermoor knowledge with a pre-curtain lecture one hour before each performance in Music Hall's Corbett Tower. Evans Mirageas, The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director, provides overviews and insights into the opera's history, music, and production. Free to all ticket holders. No reservations required.
Interview with Lucia di Lammermoor Stage Director Jose Maria Condemi
Evans Mirageas talks with Jose Maria Condemi about Cincinnati Opera’s thrilling season-opening production of Lucia di Lammermoor.
NEWS & REVIEWS
Cincinnati Business Courier: “CCM graduate Raven McMillon soars as Lucia in Cincinnati Opera’s Lucia di Lammermoor” [Read the review]
Opera News: “Cincinnati Opera opened its 2023 season with an excellent Lucia di Lammermoor … The performance was justifiably cheered by the capacity audience.” [Read the review] (subscription required)
All About the Arts: “A Superb Lucia’” [Read the review]
Cincinnati Business Courier: “CCM graduate Raven McMillon to perform opera dream role of Lucia” [Read the story]
Mujer Latina Today: “El Tenor Santiago Ballerini debuta en la Cincinnati Ópera” (Tenor Santiago Ballerini makes his debut at Cincinnati Opera)[Listen to the interview in Spanish][Read the highlights in English]
Meet the Composer
Gaetano Donizetti
Donizetti was one of the few composers of his generation with a considerable literary sensibility, and he selected his own subjects rather than have them imposed on him by theatre managements. Like Verdi, he was intimately involved in the creation of the librettos for his operas.
Click below to read more from the English National Opera.
“Lucia di Lammermoor” Illustration: © Daria Petrilli - Licensee Chiara Roilo