Gothic Drama, Bel Canto Bliss
Director David Alden transports us into the darkly brooding world of Sir Walter Scott's iconic Gothic novel. A fragile girl, barely a woman, is treated as little more than chattel within a brutal, power-driven society. She ultimately finds release – but only after severing all ties with reality, escaping into the dream world offered by Donizetti's cascading romantic melodies.
This brilliant production was created for, and stars, Anna Christy. "[Her] doll-like Lucia is all fey intensity, unaware of her sexual allure and pitched from the start at the edge of sanity. Her dazzlingly sketched coloratura in the mad scene is electrifying." (The Daily Telegraph, U.K.)
April 17, 20, 26, 30,
May 9, 12, 15, 18, 24, 2013
Sung in Italian with English SURTITLES™
Conductor Stephen Lord
Director David Alden
Set Designer Charles Edwards
Costume Designer Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Lighting Designer Adam Silverman
Chorus Master Sandra Horst
Production Co-sponsors
Production from English National Opera.
Lucia Anna Christy
Edgardo Stephen Costello
Enrico Brian Mulligan
Arturo Nathaniel Peake
Raimondo Oren Gradus
With the COC Orchestra and Chorus