LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR

About the show

Lucia di Lammermoor is a milestone in opera history - perfectly constructed, this opera thrives on dramatic escalations, effective scenes and wonderfully operatic conflicts. Lucia's mad aria at the center of the work acts like a burning glass: here, everything that makes opera perhaps the most beautiful of all art forms comes together. The greatest divas - from Maria Callas to Joan Sutherland and Edita Gruberova - have made this scene an icon on the altar of opera. The Erler production traces this myth, tells of opera as a place of longing - and of the madness that overshadowed not only Lucia's life, but also that of the composer Donizetti. A festival evening full of emotion, tragedy and - operatic happiness!