This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first catapulted her to international stardom. She drove audiences wild by the way her opulent voice caressed the music’s long phrases and sprinted effortlessly through the fiendish runs, trills, embellishments and stratospheric high notes. One of the glories of the operatic world, her portrayal of Donizetti’s hapless heroine is a multifaceted and moving characterization. The incomparable tenor Alfredo Kraus is Edgardo, the man Lucia loves but cannot have. (Performance taped November 13, 1982. Broadcasted September 28, 1983.)
Salvadore Cammarano
Writer
Kirk Browning
Director
Joan Sutherland
Lucia
Alfredo Kraus
Edgardo
Pablo Elvira
Lord Enrico Ashton
Paul Plishka
Raimondo
Jeffrey Stamm
Arturo
Ariel Bybee
Alisa
John Gilmore
Normanno
Richard Bonynge
MET Orchestra
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Battle of the Year67%
Coda60%
Jersey Boys67%
Clika80%
Honey: Rise Up and Dance69%
Hounddog64%
Grace Unplugged60%
Califano66%
Too Late Blues63%
The Seventh Veil66%
A Late Quartet66%
Beyond the Sea62%
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould70%
Maria64%
Teen Spirit60%
Jesus Christ Superstar - Live Arena Tour74%
A61%
Lovely Boy59%
Mo' Better Blues64%
