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Lawrence Brownlee steals the show in Tokyo Lucia di Lammermoor

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“Brownlee... caused a frisson of excitement amongst the bel canto aficionados in the audience”
Reviewed at New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Tokyo on 18 April 2021
Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor
New National Theatre
Speranza Scappucci, Conductor
Jean-Louis Grinda, Director
Rudy Sabounghi, Set Designer
Jorge Jara, Costume Designer
Shingo Sudo, Enrico
Irina Lungu, Lucia
Lawrence Brownlee, Edgardo
Atsushi Kanno, Normanno
Yuka Kobayashi, Alisa
Takayuki Ito, Raimondo
Hideki Matayoshi, Arturo
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