
Lucia di Lammermoor 2001
Forbidden love…
…clashes with family loyalties in this sweeping drama.
Synopsis
Act I
The opera is set in the Lammermoor region of southwestern Scotland, during a time of great political turmoil. The plot centers on the intense feud between two families – the Ravenswoods and the Ashtons. The Ashtons have been triumphant and now occupy Ravenswood Castle. Edgardo, last of the Ravenswoods, has sworn vengeance on the Ashtons, but he and Lucia Ashton have secretly fallen in love. Lucia’s brother Enrico wants her to accept an arranged marriage to Arturo Bucklaw, an important political ally of the Ashtons, but she has refused.
Scene 1. The Grounds outside Ravenswood Castle. Led by Normanno, the Ashtons’ guards search for an intruder. Raimondo, Lucia’s tutor, tells Enrico that her refusal to wed Bucklaw is due to grief over her mother’s recent death. Normanno reveals that Lucia has been having daily rendezvous with Edgardo, whom Enrico promptly vows to murder.
Scene 2. A Fountain within the Castle. Waiting for Edgardo, Lucia tells her maid about hearing a ghostly warning of a tragic end to her romance. Edgardo wants to mend the feud with the Ashtons, but Lucia begs him to keep their love a secret. They exchange rings, vowing to marry when Edgardo returns from a political mission to France.
Artists

Alexandra von der Weth
Soprano
Lucia

Frank Lopardo
Tenor
Edgardo

Oziel Garza-Ornelas
Baritone
Enrico

Jeffrey Wells
Bass-baritone
Raimondo

Richard Crawley
Tenor
Arturo

Jennifer Powell
Mezzo-soprano
Alisa

Brian Stinar
Tenor
Normanno

Richard Buckley
Conductor

Thor Steingraber
Director

Dipu Gupta
Scenic Designer

Joel Berlin
Costume Designer

Duane Schuler
Lighting Designer

Peggy Hickey
Choreographer

Robert Wood
Chorus Master