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"