Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor (Patrick Fournillier, Stefania Bonfadelli, Marcelo Alvarez) [2004] RE-UPLOAD

The main singers are all terrific in this video. Bonfadelli as Lucia is a delight, and very pretty. She has a darker voice than you generally hear in this role, but it is not super-dark, and her high notes are rock-solid. Alvarez' voice is gorgeous and he sings with great passion becoming Edgardo. The Enrico has a very strong voice and solid high notes and his facial expressions remind me of Renato Bruson - not as pretty of a voice as Bruson's, but pleasant enough and easy to hear. The Chaplain has a beautiful voice and is a good singer. The Normanno (captain of the guard), isn't as good as the principles; the Arturo, with his handful of lines, is awful; and the Alisa (Lucia's companion), is quite good.

The sets are pretty enough and the costumes generally French-style. It appears that at some point, someone in the costumes department realized this opera is set in Scotland and so they ran out and picked up some plaid horse blankets from the local feed store, and some 'blanket choreography' was thrown in to convince us these are real Scottish tartans - kind of distracting and also humorous.

All the singers look good in the show, except Alvarez, who is over-weight, and made to wear the long, slicked-back mullet-style wig he is often saddled with. Too bad - his hair is probably his greatest natural feature.

I have watched this dvd two or three times and played it as an audio recording countless times and am very glad I purchased it.
By figaro "jacoba"

Performer:
Enrico - Roberto Frontali
Lucia - Stefania Bonfadelli
Edgardo - Marcelo Alvarez
Arturo - Cristiano Olivieri
Raimondo - Mirco Palazzi
Alisa - Maria Castelli
Normanno - Giovanni Maini
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Carlo Felice
Conductor - Patrick Fournillier
Recorded: June 2003

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