On Sunday evenings during November 2023, Cincinnati Opera partners with 90.9 WGUC, Cincinnati’s classical public radio station, to broadcast productions from its 2023 Summer Festival. Each broadcast will begin at 8 p.m. ET. You can listen on air at 90.9 FM and online at wguc.org.
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Originally performed June 22 and 24, 2023, at Cincinnati Music Hall
Music by Gaetano Donizetti; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano
Renato Balsadonna, conductor; Jose Maria Condemi, stage director
Featuring Raven McMillon, Santiago Ballerini, Anthony Clark Evans, Griffen Hogan Tracy, Terrence Chin-Loy, Sahel Salam, Kayleigh Decker; Cincinnati Opera Chorus; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Description:
Based on Sir Walter Scott’s novel The Bride of Lammermoor, this operatic thriller set in the Scottish Highlands shows how thwarted desire can lead to deadly extremes. At Lammermoor Castle, Lucia and Edgardo are engaged in a secret affair. Despite their families’ age-old feud, they vow to give everything up for love. But Lucia’s disapproving brother endeavors to undo the lovers’ promise and marry Lucia off in a more lucrative union. The deception becomes a curse, and once hope for love is lost, Lucia and Edgardo make terrible new vows, culminating in one of opera’s bloodiest finales.