Acknowledged as a definitive model of Italian Romantic melodrama, Lucia di Lammermoor was one of Donizetti’s greatest triumphs, and its popularity led him to produce a French version for Parisian audiences. Lucie de Lammermoor became the ‘other Lucia’, with the opera’s tragic tale of feuding families and doomed romance modified in a way that deepens the characters and makes it an even more brutal and emotional theatrical experience than the original. This new Lucie de Lammermoor made its debut in 1839 with enormous success, becoming a cornerstone of French culture.

This production of Lucie de Lammermoor, the French adaptation of Donizetti’s triumphal Lucia di Lammermoor, is our disc release of an acclaimed production that since September 2024 has been available as a DVD/Blu-ray on the Dynamic label (DYN58030).

Critical acclaim for this audiovisual release includes commentary such as, ‘[Patrick Kabongo as Ravenswood] has a pleasing tenor with good high notes and he can act… The chorus, the Coro dell’Accademia Teatro alla Scala, sings well and looks good… The Orchestra Gli Originali is right at home in this music and Pierre Dumoussaud conducts perfectly’ (operaramblings).

The superb cast for this production is topped by soprano Caterina Sala (Lucie), who won the 2018 ASLICO competition and made her operatic debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 2019. Since then she has taken leading roles in Milan, Venice and beyond, winning First Prize at the 2020 at the Portofino International Opera Competition along the way.

Cast:
- Henri Ashton: Vito Priante (baritone)
- Edgard Ravenswood: Patrick Kabongo (tenor)
- Lord Arthur Bucklaw: Julien Henric (tenor)
- Gilbert: David Astorga (tenor)
- Raimond, Protestant minister: Roberto Lorenzi (bass-baritone)
- Lucie, Ashton’s sister: Caterina Sala (soprano)