Video: Watch a Preview of the COC's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR; Opens Tonight!
The Canadian Opera Company's production of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, directed by David Alden, opens tonight, April 17. Watch the video for a preview!
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.)
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR will play thru May 24 at the Canadian Opera Company, 245 Queen St. Toronto.
For tickets and more information, click here.
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