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This week we'll look at one of the most imporant operas of the bel canto (or beautiful singing) school, Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.
Based on Sir Walter Scott's historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor, the opera tells the story of a doomed love between a young couple from rival families, which makes it a bit like Romeo and Juliet or West Side Story.
Lucy is forced to marry Lord Arturo despite that she is in love with Edgardo. When Edgardo finds out about the marriage, Edgardo curses her. Lucia goes mad, kills Arturo, and dies. Hearing of his beloved's death, Edgardo visits Lucia's grave and kills himself.
Here we'll see Lucia's famous mad scene. it's a long excerpt, so it will be the only itme this week. It features the gorgeous Anna Moffo, who was born in Wayne, PA. In the early 1970's she made a film version of the opera. We'll see her mad scene from that film.
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR with Anna Moffo
Opera on the Radio this weekend
This weekend WRTI, 90.1 FM features Kurt Weill's rarely performed The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. This is in an English language version that features two stars from the Broadway stage, Patti Lupone and Audra MacDonald. Don't forget to tune in on Saturday at 1:00 PM, or click here to listen to WRTI on your computer!
Don't forget to invite your friends to sign up to receive these alerts by emailing their name, school, and age to us at outreach@operaphila.org. Again, if you have suggestions of things you'd like to see, please let me know and I'll find a few clips as well.
We'll take a two week break and be back with our next edition on August 21st.
Enjoy!
This week we'll look at one of the most imporant operas of the bel canto (or beautiful singing) school, Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.
Based on Sir Walter Scott's historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor, the opera tells the story of a doomed love between a young couple from rival families, which makes it a bit like Romeo and Juliet or West Side Story.
Lucy is forced to marry Lord Arturo despite that she is in love with Edgardo. When Edgardo finds out about the marriage, Edgardo curses her. Lucia goes mad, kills Arturo, and dies. Hearing of his beloved's death, Edgardo visits Lucia's grave and kills himself.
Here we'll see Lucia's famous mad scene. it's a long excerpt, so it will be the only itme this week. It features the gorgeous Anna Moffo, who was born in Wayne, PA. In the early 1970's she made a film version of the opera. We'll see her mad scene from that film.
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR with Anna Moffo
Opera on the Radio this weekend
This weekend WRTI, 90.1 FM features Kurt Weill's rarely performed The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. This is in an English language version that features two stars from the Broadway stage, Patti Lupone and Audra MacDonald. Don't forget to tune in on Saturday at 1:00 PM, or click here to listen to WRTI on your computer!
Don't forget to invite your friends to sign up to receive these alerts by emailing their name, school, and age to us at outreach@operaphila.org. Again, if you have suggestions of things you'd like to see, please let me know and I'll find a few clips as well.
We'll take a two week break and be back with our next edition on August 21st.
Enjoy!
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