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

By Mark Valencia, 21 April 2024

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

Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 19 April 2024

Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor

The Royal Opera

Giacomo Sagripanti, Conductor

Katie Mitchell, Director

Vicki Mortimer, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Jon Clark, Lighting Designer

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Royal Opera Chorus

Robin Tebbutt, Revival Director

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