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Donizetti / Vaez / Orchestra Gli Originali - Lucie De Lammermoor

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Format: DVD
Rel. Date: 09/20/2024
UPC: 8007144380304

Lucie De Lammermoor
Artist: Donizetti / Vaez / Orchestra Gli Originali
Format: DVD
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In 1835 Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor made it's triumphant debut at the San Carlo in Naples. For it's Parisian appearance four years later as Lucie de Lammermoor, the composer went much further than merely Gallicising the heroine's first name, he subjected the opera to a condensation in which Lucie became the only woman in the entire cast. Donizetti's orchestration remains largely the same but the French influence is audible in new recitatives. This later version is no surrogate or mere abridgement, but, perhaps because of it's greater concision, is more brutal and emotional than the original.
        
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