Lucia di Lammermoor

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Composer
Gaetano Donizetti
Librettist
Salvadore Cammarano
Based On

the novel "The Bride of Lammermoor" by Sir Walter Scott

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1932
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Gaetano Merola
Stage Director(s)
Armando Agnini

Cast

Lord Henry Ashton of Lammermoor
Alfredo Gandolfi
Lucy (Lucia), his sister
Lily Pons
Edgar, Master at Ravenswood
Francesco Merli(10/17)
Dino Borgioli(10/23)
Raymond, Chaplain of Lammermoor
Louis D'Angelo
Alice, companion to Lucy
Bianca Bruni
Norman, follower of Lord Ashton
Terry Lafranconi
Lord Arthur Bucklaw
Raymond Marlowe

Show Dates

Simulcast

Live simulcast to speakers set up in the Civic Auditorium and around Civic Center Plaza. The signal was not accessible to radios.

Time and Place

Scotland at the close of the Sixteenth Century

Scenes

Act I -- Gardens of the Castle of Lammermoor
Act II, Scene 1 -- Ante-Room to Hall of the Castle
Act II, Scene 2 -- Great Hall of the Castle
Act III -- Same as Act II, Scene 2
Act IV -- Tombs at Ravenswood

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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10/23/1932, live simulcast of Lucia di Lammermoor:  Lily Pons (Lucia), Dino Borgioli (Edgardo), Alfredo Gandolfi (Enrico), Louis D’Angelo (Raimundo); Gaetano Merola. The second performance of Lucia di Lammermoor was simulcast live to speakers set up in the Civic Auditorium and around Civic Center Plaza. The signal was not accessible to radios, but an estimated 20,000 people heard the performance whether at the Opera House or in the Auditorium and Civic Center Plaza areas. Pons, still in her costume for the Mad Scene, was taken to the Auditorium after the performance to take a bow before the assembled listeners.