The 2016 Royal Opera House staging of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, directed by Katie Mitchell, is scheduled for release in October on Amazon.de. The opera stars Diana Damrau as Lucia, Charles Castronovo as Edgardo, Ludovic Tézier as Enrico and Kwangchul Youn as Raimondo, with Daniel Oren leading from the pit.
When the production first opened The Guardian noted, “Mitchell consequently plays down the political background and reimagines the opera’s heroine as a self-determining, independent woman destroyed by male conservatism and aggression.”
Regarding Damrau’s performance The Guardian stated, “Lucia is one of Damrau’s signature roles. The ‘mad scene’ makes almost incredible demands, of precision, detail and concentration.”
The release marks Damrau’s second Lucia for Erato. Her first came in a CD release from a 2013 performance, which also starred Tézier as Enrico alongside Joseph Calleja and Nicolas Testé. This upcoming release will mark her sixth DVD for Erato.
See a press preview of this new DVD release on Operawire.