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Shagimuratova and Beczała shine in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Lyric

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“Enrique Mazzola can stop a whole bank of strings on a dime”
Reviewed at Lyric Opera House, Chicago on 19 October 2016
Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Enrique Mazzola, Conductor
Graham Vick, Director
Paul Brown, Set Designer
Quinn Kelsey, Enrico
Albina Shagimuratova, Lucia
Piotr Beczała, Edgardo
Adrian Sâmpetrean, Raimondo
Lindsay Metzger, Alisa
Matthew Dibattista, Normanno
Jonathan Johnson, Arturo
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