Spargi d'amaro pianto (Lucia di Lammermoor)

From the Metropolitan Opera
Lucia di Lammermoor
Dramatic opera in single act by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano
Based on the novel
The bridge of Lammemoor
by Walter Scoot
Directed by Gary Halvorson
Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
Conducted by Marco Armiliato

Singers

Lucia Ashton: Anna Netrebko
Edgardo Ravenswood: Piotr Beczala
Lord Enrico Ashton: Mariusz Kwiecien
Raimondo: Ildar Abdrazakov
Normanno: Michael Myers
Alisa: Michaela Martens
Arturo: Colin Lee

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[Valeg1509]

Anna is fantastic!!! beautifull voice and interpretation!! she is the best! i love her!! (L)

[TCNJHarpist]

@jtg10795 I saw Lucia live with Dessay, and I actually prefer Netrebko (not trying to start a fight lol). Dessay was amazing, I'm not sure what it is, I feel the darker tones Netrebko has works for me for Lucia, and I'm actually excited to see her as Anna Bolena, whose not supposed to be as frail as Lucia so the dark edge in her voice might work even better.

[AEmylia24]

Beautiful performance. Listen also to Callas' interpretation and final note. Like magic!

[cerdorengoverde]

She ir just fantastic. Callas was the best for her time, now it's the time for Anna Netrebko. In my opinion this is just a grate performance and the role suits perfectly for her. She can do anything! Her voice is beautiful, she is gorgeous and she can act too, what more can we expect? I just love her.

[pedrofribeiro]

Why? It's the only possible question... Why on earth would the Met hire a Lyric Soprano to sing a Coloratura role? It's not for her! Lucia consists of difficult coloratura passages, runs, trills, demands agility, wich she doesn't have! She should do Traviata, Marriage of Figaro, Roméo et Juliette, Don Giovanni! Lyric roles! Don't get me wrong, she's a good soprano, just in the wrong repertoire...

[MedeAilinel]

Looks don't make a good actress or a good singer, definitely. However, I must admit her voice timber is beautiful. Not for bel canto roles, though...

[joeboo36]

Who is this Callas? Where can I go to see her perform?? What about Corelli? Bjorling? Sutherland? Who are these singers??? I never see them on the roster for the Met. I see Callejas and Damraus and Netrebkos and Hampsons and Brownlees. Guess they will have to do.

[ferrykalos]

Per carità!

[riccardina100]

Oh come on! Callas is number 1 so far, and I think she will be such long more.

[jtg10795]

@TCNJHarpist And that interpretation makes perfect sense. I just see it from a different angle, seeing this youth going all over the place. They all work in this wonderful role, unless the singer can't act for her life and has absolutely no insanity to her part at all (cough cough Joan Sutherland cough cough. If you like her interpretation I understand why, but I personally just need to feel chills in this aria from the craziness)

[TCNJHarpist]

@jtg10795 I agree with all of your choices, and in my brain I know Lucia has to be more fragile and then just break by act 2, but I think I like the darker edge because then when she does go crazy in the mad scene it seems like you saw this darkness underneath all the time, so she was always slightly fragmented the entire opera, but again, just my interpretation :)

[jtg10795]

@TCNJHarpist EXACTLY! Though I will say usually I listen to timbre to make sure it matches the part, I for some reason do not weigh it as heavily for Lucia (seriously it's pretty much just Lucia). Maybe it's because I know it's tragic but she's still just a poor young lady. For Violetta I prefer when non-coloratura sopranos sing it because she's a courtesan with a dramatic life, it doesn't work when lighter voices sing it. Queen of the Night, I can't have a light voice, and Olympia cant be heavy