Nadine Sierra leads a musically formidable Lucia di Lammermoor

Nadine Sierra (Lucia) and Rachael Lloyd (Alisa)

Artur Ruciński (Enrico) and Nadine Sierra (Lucia)

Xabier Anduaga (Edgardo) and Nadine Sierra (Lucia)

Nadine Sierra (Lucia)

Insung Sim (Raimondo), Artur Ruciński (Enrico) and chorus

Por Mark Valencia, 21 abril 2024

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“rarely in opera has a mediocre staging been elevated so gloriously by the music”

Crítica hecha desde Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres el 19 abril 2024

Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor

The Royal Opera

Giacomo Sagripanti, Dirección

Katie Mitchell, Dirección de escena

Vicki Mortimer, Diseño de escena, Diseño de vestuario

Jon Clark, Diseño de iluminación

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Royal Opera Chorus

Robin Tebbutt, Director de reposición

Nadine Sierra, Lucia

Artur Ruciński, Enrico

Xabier Anduaga, Edgardo

Insung Sim, Raimondo

Rachael Lloyd, Alisa

Andrés Presno, Arturo

Michael Gibson, Normanno

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Mark Valencia

Mark has worked in arts journalism for four decades, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera and music. Mark also writes for Opera magazine and for Musical America as a correspondent for Europe and the UK.

Nadine Sierra leads a musically formidable Lucia di Lammermoor revival at the ROH