Lucy Ashton

Lucia di Lammermoor and Nabucco are now playing at Dorset Opera Festival! What did the critics think? Read all the reviews!

Very few works of art retain the power to shock and disturb that they showed on their opening night decades earlier. One of those is Richard Strauss's 1905 operaSalome. When it first appeared, this steamy brew of eroticism and religion so unnerved audiences that it was banned in Vienna and London. The opera's troubles didn't end there. In 1907, at New York's Metropolitan Opera, it was yanked from the company's repertoire just days after its premiere. At a semipublic dress rehearsal, the way in which the company's Salome, soprano Olive Fremstad, planted a passionate kiss on the severed head of John the Baptist, proved too disturbing for many of the timid Met patrons. The board revolted, demanding that General Manager Heinrich Conried bring Salome'srun to a halt. A statement was issued declaring that the work itself was objectionable and detrimental to the best interests of the Metropolitan Opera House.

In March 2017, Utah Opera will present a perennial favorite, Donizetti's 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' the tale of two doomed lovers struggling against forces beyond their control, for the first time since 2007. This production will be performed at the Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre on March 11, 13, 15 and 17 at 7:30 PM and March 19 at 2 PM.

Opéra Immédiat presents Gaetano Donizetti's tragic opera Lucia di Lammermoor (1839) Opéra Immédiat was founded in 2009 by Sophie De Cruz, soprano and conductor. Together with a dynamic team of fellow classical music professionals, she has successfully set out to put on one opera per year.

Opera in the Heights presents Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, the final production of the 2013-2014 season, beginning Mar. 28 at Lambert Hall. This dramma tragico (tragic opera) in three acts was created by Donizetti in 1835. Salvatore Cammarano wrote the Italian language libretto loosely based on Sir Walter Scott's historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor.

Opéra Immédiat presents Gaetano Donizetti's tragic opera Lucia di Lammermoor (1839) Opéra Immédiat was founded in 2009 by Sophie De Cruz, soprano and conductor. Together with a dynamic team of fellow classical music professionals, she has successfully set out to put on one opera per year.

Contracted marriage, the lady kills her husband, goes 'mad' and dies, and then her real lover kills himself at her graveside. That's the formula for Lucia that showcases the great sopranos and tenors of the day in Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti's most popular opera, set to screen as part of the Metropolitan Opera's HD summer encores series.

Contracted marriage, the lady kills her husband, goes 'mad' and dies, and then her real lover kills himself at her graveside. That's the formula for Lucia that showcases the great sopranos and tenors of the day in Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti's most popular opera, set to screen as part of the Metropolitan Opera's HD summer encores series.

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Opera en tres actos Música de GAETANO DONIZETTI Libreto de Salvatore Cammarano Premiered at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Estrenada en el Teatro San Carlo de Nápoles, September 26, 1835 el 26 de setiembre de 1835

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Opera en tres actos Música de GAETANO DONIZETTI Libreto de Salvatore Cammarano Premiered at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Estrenada en el Teatro San Carlo de Nápoles, September 26, 1835 el 26 de setiembre de 1835

Nicole Henry is power, grace and has a stellar list of international performances. She performs to inspire and touch hearts with a beautiful, soulful voice and a captivating stage presence. Nicole is surely one of the finest vocalists to emerge this decade. 'Lil' John' Lumpkin and his group 'All My People' are a spiritual force to be reckoned with. Their style is both inspirational and moving. And Sean G is a Miami native who won the Jimmy Kimmel Live & Sierra Mist Funniest College Student in America contest. He has appeared on Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns TV Show. His comedy is mature and professional.