Libretto by Cammarano based on the novel by Walter Scott
Production by
Yuri Alexandrov
The first night performance took on July 16 2008.
The theatre once again suggested a modern version of an opera continuing to
explore the topic of tragic love. The action takes place in our days. The main
heroine lives in the world of “Goths” escaping from the mercenary and
hypocritical office life. There are many classical versions of Lucia di
Lammermur where the melodramatic story pales before the conventional medieval
sets and costumes. Director’s attitude towards these points is more prosaic as
all this splendidness of rich life there is loneliness and pain of the main
character.
«Dinicetti is our theatre’s composer. We address to his
works when we feel lack of humanity in the world around us.
“Staging Lucia
di Lammermur is a test of the highest level of mastership. It is even hard to
sing, saying nothing of filling it with new sense”, believes Yuri
Alexandrov.