For the opening of its lyric season, the Lille Opera returns to the grand bel canto. After L’elisir d’amore in 2011, Donizetti is again given a place of honour, but this time with a very different dramatic work. Lucia di Lammermoor is considered a monument of the repertoire, and one of the most powerful operatic frescoes, whose beauty is equalled only by its violence.
Gaetano Donizetti was thirty-eight years old when his opera was premiered at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. Lucia was an immediate hit, a success that has never waned throughout its long career.

This opera in 3 acts is based on the novel by Walter Scott, The Bride of Lammermoor. It relates the tragedy of an ill-fated love between the descendants of two rival families: Lucia Ashton and Edgardo di Ravenswood. Enrico, the brother of Lucia, cannot bear to see her wed his hereditary enemy. He successfully plots to separate them by planting the seed of a misunderstanding that will drive Lucia to madness and Edgardo to suicide.

Stanislas Nordey, insatiable discoverer of contemporary texts, here takes a momentary leave from the theatre world to bring his unique flair to the lyric stage. After a brilliant production of The Metamorphosis by composer Michaël Levinas in 2011, the Opera invites back this talented stage director to give to Lucia di Lammermoor its full dramatic breadth. For this grand project, he is joined by conductor Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, a true connoisseur of the bel canto repertoire, whose mastery has been hailed in recent seasons for Rigoletto and Macbeth, and who will be conducting the Orchestre de Picardie for the first time.

Alexey Dolgov, indisposed, is replaced by par the russian tenor Georgy Vasiliev in the role Edgardo Ravenswood.

Opera seria by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848).
Created in 1835, from the book The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott.

Conductor Roberto Rizzi Brignoli
Stage director Stanislas Nordey
Scenography Emmanuel Clolus
Lights Stéphanie Daniel
Costumes Raoul Fernandez
Choir leader Nathalie Steinberg
Choir master Yves Parmentier

With
Lord Enrico Ashton Roman Burdenko
Lucia Rachele Gilmore
Sir Edgardo de Ravenswood Georgy Vasiliev
Lord Arturo Bucklaw Philippe Talbot
Raimondo Bidebent Scott Conner
Alisa Julie Pasturaud
Normanno Enrico Casari

Picardie Orchestra
Conductor Arie van Beek
Lille Opera Choir

Alexey Dolgov, indisposed, is replaced by par the russian tenor Georgy Vasiliev in the role Edgardo Ravenswood.

MON 7 OCTOBER 8 P.M.
YOUTH EXCLUSIVE PARTY !
Presentation of the season’s performances, encounter with the artistic team from Lucia di Lammermoor and concerts in the Foyer. The participantsat the « Youth exclusive party ! » get an exceptional price at 15 € for Lucia di Lammermoor.
Reserved for young people under 28 years old.
Free entrance on reservation at +33 (0)820 48 9000 or billetterie@opera-lille.fr

WED 9 OCTOBER 6 P.M.
Wednesday Concert
BEL CANTO ARIAS
Arias et duets by Gaetano Donizetti and Giaochino Rossini.
With Florian Sempey baritone, Caroline Fèvre mezzo-soprano, Sophie Teulon piano

SA 12 OCTOBER 5:30 P.M.
CONFERENCE
2 LOVING TRAGEDIES IN 3 ACTS
About the work of Aloïse Corbaz in echo at Lucia di Lammermoor.
By Alexandre Holin, lecturer of LaM.
In partnership with the LaM
Free entrance on reservation at +33 (0)820 48 9000 or billetterie@opera-lille.fr

SU 13 OCTOBER 3:30 P.M.
"LES 400 COUPS" New !
Parents and children: to each his or her performance!
You want to go to a performance on a Sunday afternoon? No problem!
During the show, the Opera offers your children aged 4 to 12 a musical and fun afternoon at the Studio: an interactive concert, games with texts and sounds… and plenty of other activities.

SU 13 OCTOBER
AN ENCOUNTER
with Stanislas Nordey and Roberto Rizzi Brignoli following the performance. Free admission.