Lucia di Lammermoor

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

1972

Language

Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor

Jesús López-Cobos

Production

Tito Capobianco

Set and costume designer

Carl Toms

Costumes executed by

Grace Costumes, Inc., New York

Lighting Designer

Robert Brand

Chorus Director

Byron Dean Ryan

Musical Preparation

Terry Lusk

Cast

Normanno

John Duykers

Lord Enrico Ashton

Raymond Wolansky

Raimondo Bidebent

Clifford Grant

Simon Estes(11/17, 23)

Lucia

Beverly Sills

Alisa

Gwendolyn Jones

Edgardo Ravenswood

Luciano Pavarotti

Lord Arturo Bucklaw

Vahan Khanzadian

Show Dates

Wed, Nov 8 1972, 8pm

Sat, Nov 11 1972, 8pm

Tue, Nov 14 1972, 8pm

Fri, Nov 17 1972, 8pm

Thu, Nov 23 1972, 8pm

Sun, Nov 26 1972, 2pm

Broadcast

Fri, Nov 17 1972, 7am

11/17/1972, live broadcast, KKHI.

Time and Place

The end of the sixteenth century Scotland

Scenes

Act I -- "The Departure"

Scene 1 -- Grounds of Ravenswood castle

Scene 2 -- A secluded place in the park

Act II -- "The Marriage Contract"

Scene 1 -- Lord Ashton's palace

Scene 2 -- Hall in Ravenswood castle

Act III -- "The Destruction"

Scene 1 -- Hall in Ravenswood castle

Scene 2 -- Ravenswood graveyard

Media

SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1972_05_compressed.pdf (23.15 MB)

Acknowledgements

This new production of "Lucia di Lammermoor" was made possible by a generous and deeply appreciated gift from Cyril Magnin

Notes

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

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11/17/1972, live broadcast, KKHI.

New production