The premiere of "Lucia di Lammermoor" in 1835 was a triumph. Four days after the premiere, Gaetano Donizetti wrote: "Lucia [...] has been performed and allow me to say in such a warm manner that I am embarrassed by it and yet it is the truth. […] To tell the truth, in the finale, after great cheers at the end of the adagio, Duprez was furiously applauded in the curse before the stretto. Each piece was listened to in religious silence and greeted with the most spontaneous cheers. Thus "Lucia" immediately set out to conquer Europe, then the world. The "prime donates" of the nineteenth centurye The century was at the height of its influence, and the cuts and alterations quickly transformed "Lucia" into a spectacular heroin-centric singing display. Donizetti's only tragic opera to have survived the centuries without experiencing an eclipse is much more than that. It is also its dramatic grandeur that makes it one of the most beloved Italian operas. Donizetti's letter, but also the sublime pages of Flaubert where Emma Bovary attends a performance of "Lucia" at the Rouen Opera, remind us that the public of the time had clearly perceived the very essence of this masterpiece.

Cast

• Lucia: Olga Peretyatko
• Lord Enrico Ashton: Artur Rucinski
• Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood: Ismael Jordi
• Lord Arturo Bucklaw: Diego Silva / Enrico Casari
• Alisa: Valentine Lemercier
• Raimondo Bidebent: Nicola Ulivieri
• Normanno: Maurizio Pace

Ensamble

• Orchestra de l'Opéra de Monte Carlo  
• Chorus de l'Opéra de Monte Carlo