Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor – review

Dessay/Beczala/Sulimsky/Bannik/Mariinsky Chorus and Orchestra/Gergiev (Mariinsky, 2CDs) Made in St Petersburg last year, this is, significantly, the first recording of a bel canto opera to come from the Mariinsky since Valery Gergiev began his overhaul of the company's repertoire more than two decades ago. In terms of Lucia di Lammermoor's discography, however, it seems curiously unnecessary. The opera is performed complete, and, as Donizetti intended, a glass harmonica is used for the Mad Scen...

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