Lucia di Lammermoor
28/09/1983
This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first catapulted her to international stardom. She drove audiences wild by the way her opulent voice caressed the music’s long phrases and sprinted effortlessly through the fiendish runs, trills, embellishments and stratospheric high notes. One of the glories of the operatic world, her portrayal of Donizetti’s hapless heroine is a multifaceted and moving characterization. The incomparable tenor Alfredo Kraus is Edgardo, the man Lucia loves but cannot have. (Performance taped November 13, 1982. Broadcasted September 28, 1983.)
Movie Information
Joan Sutherland
as Lucia
Alfredo Kraus
as Edgardo
Pablo Elvira
as Lord Enrico Ashton
Paul Plishka
as Raimondo
Jeffrey Stamm
as Arturo
Ariel Bybee
as Alisa
John Gilmore
as Normanno
Richard Bonynge
as
MET Orchestra
as
