Lucia in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor"

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Lucia in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" is the tragic bel canto heroine driven to madness and death amid a doomed love and brutal family conflict in 17th-century Scotland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bel canto heroine
fictional character
opera character
tragic heroine
appearsIn Lucia di Lammermoor
associatedMotif ghost at the fountain
basedOnAuthor Walter Scott
linked to: Sir Walter Scott
basedOnCharacterFrom The Bride of Lammermoor
belongsToFaction Ashton family
centralTheme doomed love
family conflict
forced marriage
madness
createdBy Gaetano Donizetti
dramaticArc innocent love to madness and death
dramaticFunction protagonist of Lucia di Lammermoor
dramaticOutcome dies
goes mad
kills her husband
enemyFamily Ravenswood family
familyName Ashton
famousAria Il dolce suono
Quando rapito in estasi
Regnava nel silenzio
Spargi d’amaro pianto
famousScene mad scene
forcedToMarry Arturo Bucklaw
genreContext Italian bel canto opera
hasBrother Enrico Ashton
inLoveWith Edgardo di Ravenswood
linked to: Edgar Ravenswood
languageOfOpera Italian
librettoBy Salvadore Cammarano
name Lucia Ashton
notableInterpreter Beverly Sills
Edita Gruberová
Joan Sutherland
Maria Callas
Natalie Dessay
operaPremierePlace Teatro San Carlo, Naples
linked to: San Carlo Theatre
operaPremiereYear 1835
religiousContext Catholic
settingCentury 17th century
settingPlace Scotland
symbolizes destructive power of feuds
victim of patriarchal oppression
vocalStyle coloratura soprano
voiceType soprano

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Maria Callas notableRole Lucia in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor"
Joan Sutherland famousRole Lucia in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
linked to: Lucia in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor"
Joan Sutherland notableRecording Lucia di Lammermoor (Decca, with Pavarotti)
linked to: Lucia in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor"