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.)
Stars: Joan Sutherland, Alfredo Kraus, Pablo Elvira, Paul Plishka, Jeffrey Stamm, Ariel Bybee
Crew: Gaetano Donizetti (Music), Kirk Browning (Director), Salvadore Cammarano (Writer), Richard Bonynge (Conductor), Gil Wechsler (Lighting Design), Walter Scott (Original Story)
Country: United States of America
Language: Italiano
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon, The Metropolitan Opera
Runtime: 136 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 28, 1983
IMDb: 10
Keywords:opera, the metropolitan opera
