Lucia di Lammermoor

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Lucia di Lammermoor

Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic opera

Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti

Gaetano Donizetti

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti was an Italy composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Donizetti's most famous work is Lucia di Lammermoor , and arguably his most immediately recognizable piece of music is the aria "Una furtiva lagrima" from L'elisir d'amore ....
. Salvatore Cammarano

Salvatore Cammarano

Salvatore Cammarano was a prolific Italy librettist and playwright perhaps best known for writing the text of Lucia di Lammermoor for Gaetano Donizetti....
wrote the Italian

Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
libretto

Libretto

A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, Musical theater, and ballet....
loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor
The Bride of Lammermoor

The Bride of Lammermoor is an historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in Scotland in the reign of Anne of Great Britain . Along with A Legend of Montrose, it forms the third series of Scott's Tales of My Landlord; the two novels were published together in 1819....
. Very successful from creation, today it remains one of the leading bel canto

Bel Canto

Bel Canto may refer to:*Bel canto, a opera term that literally means "beautiful singing"*Bel Canto , a novel by Ann Patchett*Bel Canto , a Norwegian pop/electronica band...
operas.

The opera premiered on September 26, 1835 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples

Naples

Naples is a city in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old....
. Donizetti revised the score for a French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
version which debuted on August 6, 1839 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance

Théâtre de la Renaissance

Th??tre de la Renaissance was used as a name for a Parisian theatre by several enterprises in the 19th and 20th centuries. As well as performances of musical theatre, Georges Feydeau?s farces were first produced in this theatre, and plays by Victorien Sardou....
in Paris

Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
.

best-known pieces in Lucia di Lammermoor are the sextet at the end of Act II and Lucia's "Mad Scene" in Act III.

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Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic opera

Opera

Gaetano Donizetti

Salvatore Cammarano

Salvatore Cammarano was a prolific Italy librettist and playwright perhaps best known for writing the text of Lucia di Lammermoor for Gaetano Donizetti....
wrote the Italian

Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
libretto

Libretto

Bel Canto

Naples

French language

Théâtre de la Renaissance

Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
.

Performance history

The best-known pieces in Lucia di Lammermoor are the sextet at the end of Act II and Lucia's "Mad Scene" in Act III. The "Mad Scene," "Il dolce suono

Il dolce suono

Il dolce suono is an aria taken from Act III scene 1, Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti. It is also commonly known as ?mad scene? sung by the leading soprano, Lucia....
...Spargi d'amaro pianto," has historically been a vehicle for several coloratura

Coloratura

Coloratura has several meanings. The word derives from the Italian colorare or colorazione .The term normally refers to a soprano who has the vocal ability to produce notes above C#6 and whose tessitura is A4-A5 or higher ....
soprano

Soprano

A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four part chorale style harmony the soprano takes the highest part which usually encompasses the melody....
s (providing a breakthrough for Dame Joan Sutherland

Joan Sutherland

Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, Order of Merit, Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire is an Australian voice type soprano noted for her contribution in the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire in the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s....
) and is a technically and expressively demanding piece.

Some sopranos, most notably Maria Callas

Maria Callas

Maria Callas was an American-born Greeks soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the twentieth century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique with great dramatic gifts....
, have performed the role in a relatively come scritto ("as written") fashion, adding minimal ornamentation to their interpretations. Most sopranos, however, add ornamentation to demonstrate their technical ability, as was the tradition in the bel canto

Bel Canto

Bel Canto may refer to:*Bel canto, a opera term that literally means "beautiful singing"*Bel Canto , a novel by Ann Patchett*Bel Canto , a Norwegian pop/electronica band...
period. This involves the addition and interpolation of trill

Trill (music)

The trill is a ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes of a scale . It is sometimes referred to by the German triller or the Italian trillo....
s, mordent

Mordent

In music, a mordent is an Ornament indicating that the note is to be played in a single rapid alternation with the note above or below. Like trill s, they can be Chromatic scale modified by a small Flat , Sharp or Natural sign accidental ....
s, turns, runs and cadenza

Cadenza

In music, a cadenza is, generically, an improvised or written-out ornamental passage played or sung by a solo or soloists, usually in a "free" rhythmic style, and often allowing for virtuosic display....
s. Almost all sopranos (most famously Joan Sutherland

Joan Sutherland

Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, Order of Merit, Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire is an Australian voice type soprano noted for her contribution in the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire in the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s....
) append cadenzas to the end of the "Mad Scene", sometimes ending them on a high E-flat. Maria Callas

Maria Callas

Tullio Serafin

Tullio Serafin was an Italy Conducting....
. Some sopranos, including Ruth Welting, have sung the mad scene in Donizetti's original F major key, ending it with a high F natural instead of transposing it one step down to the E-flat major key.

For decades Lucia was considered to be a mere showpiece for coloratura

Coloratura

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, a small number of technically-able sopranos, the most notable of whom were Maria Callas and Joan Sutherland, revived the opera in all of its original tragic glory. Sutherland's performances in the role at the Royal Opera House

Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in the London district of Covent Garden. The large building, often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", is the home of Royal Opera, London , Royal Ballet, London and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House....
Covent Garden

Covent Garden

Covent Garden is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest corner of the London Borough of Camden....
in 1959 and repeated in 1960 established Lucia as her calling card.

Since its revival, Lucia di Lammermoor has become a staple of the standard operatic repertoire, and appears as number thirteen on Opera America

Opera America

Opera America, officially OPERA America, is a service organization in North America promoting the creation, presentation, and enjoyment of opera....
's list of the 20 most-performed operas in North America

North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
.

Lucie de Lammermoor

The French version of Lucia di Lammermoor was commissioned for the Théâtre de la Renaissance

Théâtre de la Renaissance

Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
and opened on August 6, 1839. The libretto, written by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz, is not simply a translation, as Donizetti altered some of the scenes and characters. One of the more notable changes is the disappearance of Alisa, Lucia's friend. This allows the French version to isolate Lucia and to leave a stronger emotional impact than that left by the original. Furthermore, Lucia loses most of Raimondo's support; his role is dramatically diminished while Arturo gets a bigger part. Donizetti creates a new character, Gilbert, who is loosely based on the huntsman in the Italian version. However, Gilbert is a more developed figure and serves both Edgardo and Enrico, divulging their secrets to the other for money.

The French version is not performed as often as the Italian, but it was revived to great acclaim by Natalie Dessay

Natalie Dessay

Natalie Dessay is a France coloratura soprano. She dropped the "h" in her first name in honor of Natalie Wood when she was in grade school and subsequently simplified the spelling of her surname outside France....
and Roberto Alagna

Roberto Alagna

Roberto Alagna is a France operatic tenor of Sicilian descent. He was born in Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France....
at the Opéra de Lyon in 2002. It was also co-produced by the Boston Lyric Opera

Boston Lyric Opera

Boston Lyric Opera is an American opera company based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1976.Each season, BLO produces three mainstage productions at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre in Boston and a fully staged, one-hour English language version of a popular opera for school children and families at venues throughout New...
and the Glimmerglass Opera

Glimmerglass Opera

Glimmerglass Opera is an opera company which was founded in 1975 and presents an annual season of operas at the Alice Busch Opera Theater on the lake eight miles north of Cooperstown, New York, United States....
in 2004.

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, 26 September 1835 (Conductor: - )
Lucia Ashton	soprano Soprano A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four part chorale style harmony the soprano takes the highest part which usually encompasses the melody....	Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani was an Italian soprano particularly associated with bel canto composers, such as Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, and early Verdi....
Enrico Ashton, Laird of Lammermoor, Lucia's brother	baritone Baritone Baritone is a type of European classical music male voice type that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice....	Domenico Cosselli Domenico Cosselli Domenico Cosselli was an Italian operatic bass-baritone, particularly associated with Rossini operas.He began his vocal studies in his native city in 1814 and made his stage debut there in 1821....
Edgardo, Laird of Ravenswood	tenor Tenor The tenor is a type of male voice type and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between the C one octave below middle C to the A above in choral music, and up to high C in solo work....	Gilbert Louis Duprez
Lord Arturo Bucklaw, Lucia's bridegroom	tenor	Balestrieri
Raimondo Bidebent, a Calvinist chaplain	bass	Carlo Ottolini Porto
Alisa, Lucia's companion	mezzo-soprano Mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano is a type of European classical music female voice type whose range lies between the soprano and the contralto singing voices, usually extending from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above ....	Teresa Zappucci
Normanno, huntsman, a retainer of Enrico	tenor	Anafesto Rossi
Retainers and servants, wedding guests

Synopsis

The plot of Sir Walter Scott's original novel

The Bride of Lammermoor

The Bride of Lammermoor is an historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in Scotland in the reign of Anne of Great Britain . Along with A Legend of Montrose, it forms the third series of Scott's Tales of My Landlord; the two novels were published together in 1819....
is based on an actual incident that took place in 1669 in the Lammermuir Hills

Lammermuir Hills

The Lammermuir Hills, usually simply called the Lammermuirs , in southern Scotland, form a natural boundary between Lothian and the Scottish Borders....
area of Lowland

Scottish Lowlands

The Scottish Lowlands , although not officially a geographical area of the country, in normal usage is generally meant to include those parts of Scotland not referred to as the Scottish Highlands , that is, everywhere due south and east of a line between Stonehaven and Helensburgh ....
Scotland

Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. The real family involved were the Dalrymple

James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair

James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair , Scotland lawyer and statesman, was born at Drummurchie, Barr, South Ayrshire....
s. While the libretto retains much of Scott's basic intrigue, it also contains very substantial changes in terms of characters and events.

The story concerns a feud between two families, the Ashtons and the Ravenswoods. When the opera begins, the Ashtons are in the ascendancy and have taken possession of Ravenswood Castle, the ancestral home of their rivals. Edgardo (Sir Edgar), Master of Ravenswood and last surviving member of his family, has been forced to live in a lonely tower by the sea, known as the Wolf's Crag. The Ashtons, despite their success, are threatened by changing political and religious forces. Enrico (Lord Henry Ashton) hopes to gain the protection of the important Arturo (Lord Arthur Bucklaw) to whom he intends to marry his sister Lucia.

Act 1

Scene 1: The gardens of Ravenswood Castle

Normanno (Norman), captain of the castle guard, and other retainers are searching for an intruder. He tells Enrico that he believes that the man is Edgardo, and that he comes to the castle to meet Lucia. It is confirmed that Edgardo is indeed the intruder. Enrico reaffirms his hatred for the family and his determination to end the relationship.

Scene 2: By a fountain at the entrance to the park, beside the castle

Lucia waits for Edgardo. In her famous aria Regnava nel Silenzio, Lucia tells her maid Alisa (Alice) that she has seen the ghost of a girl killed on the very same spot by a jealous Ravenswood ancestor. Alisa tells Lucia that the apparition is a warning and that she must give up her love for Edgardo. Edgardo enters. For political reasons, he must leave immediately for France. He hopes to make his peace with Enrico and marry Lucia. Lucia tells him this is impossible, and instead they take a sworn vow of marriage and exchange rings. Edgardo leaves.

Act 2

Scene 1: Lord Ashton's apartments in Ravenswood Castle

Preparations have been made for the imminent wedding of Lucia to Arturo. Enrico worries about whether Lucia will really submit to the wedding. He shows his sister a forged letter seemingly proving that Edgardo has forgotten her and taken a new lover. Enrico leaves Lucia to further persuasion this time by Raimondo (Raymond), Lucia's chaplain and tutor, that she should renounce her vow to Edgardo, for the good of the family, and marry Arturo.

Scene 2: A hall in the castle

Arturo arrives for the marriage. Lucia acts strangely, but Enrico explains that this is due to the death of her mother. Arturo signs the marriage contract, followed reluctantly by Lucia. At that point Edgardo suddenly appears in the hall. Raimondo prevents a fight, but he shows Lucia's signature on the marriage contract to Edgardo. He curses her, demanding that they return their rings to each other. He tramples his ring on the ground, before being forced out of the castle.

Act 3

Scene 1: The Wolf's Crag

Enrico visits Edgardo to challenge him to a duel. He tells him that Lucia is already enjoying her bridal bed. Edgardo agrees to fight him. They will meet later by the graveyard of the Ravenswoods, near the Wolf's Crag.

Scene 2: A Hall in Ravenswood castle

Raimondo interrupts the marriage celebrations to tell the guests that Lucia has gone mad and killed her bridegroom. Lucia enters. In the aria 'Il dolce suono' she imagines being with Edgardo, soon to be happily married. Enrico enters and at first threatens Lucia but later softens when he realizes her condition. Lucia collapses. Raimondo blames Normanno for precipitating the whole tragedy. Scene 3: The graveyard of the Ravenswood family

Edgardo is resolved to kill himself on Enrico's sword. He learns that Lucia is dying and then Raimondo comes to tell him that she has already died. Edgardo stabs himself with a dagger, hoping to be re-unified with Lucia in heaven.

Notable Arias, Duets and Ensembles

Cruda, funesta smania – (Enrico) in Act I, Scene I
La pietade in suo favore – (Enrico) in Act I, Scene I
Regnava nel silenzio - (Lucia) in Act I, Scene II
Quando rapito in estasi - (Lucia) in Act I, Scene II
Ah, cedi, cedi! – (Raimondo) in Act II, Scene I
Al ben dei tuoi qual vittima - (Raimondo) in Act II, Scene I
Chi mi frena in tal momento? - (Sextet) in Act II, Scene II
Dalle stanze, ove Lucia – (Raimondo) in Act III, Scene I
Il dolce suono
Il dolce suono

Il dolce suono is an aria taken from Act III scene 1, Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti. It is also commonly known as ?mad scene? sung by the leading soprano, Lucia....
– (Lucia) in Act III, Scene II
Spargi d'amaro pianto – (Lucia) in Act III, Scene II
Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali – (Edgardo) in Act III, Scene III
Tombe degl'avi miei – (Edgardo) in Act III, Scene III

Selected recordings

Lucia di Lammermoor (in Italian)

Year	Cast (Lucia, Edgardo, Enrico, Raimondo)	Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra	Label	Catalogue numbers
1939	Lina Pagliughi Lina Pagliughi Lina Pagliughi was an Italian-American operatic soprano, based in Italy for many years, one of the leading lyric-coloratura sopranos of her generation.... , Giovanni Malipiero Giovanni Malipiero Giovanni Malipiero was an Italian operatic tenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.Born in Padua, Italy, where he also studied.... , Giuseppe Manacchini, Luciano Neroni	Ugo Tansini, Orchestra and Chorus of the Italian Broadcasting Authority	Audio CD: Naxos	8.110150
1952	Maria Callas Maria Callas Maria Callas was an American-born Greeks soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the twentieth century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique with great dramatic gifts.... , Giuseppe di Stefano Giuseppe Di Stefano Giuseppe Di Stefano was an Italian operatic tenor whose career lasted from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. He was also known for his long association with the soprano Maria Callas, with whom he performed and recorded many times, and with whom he was romantically involved for a brief period.... , Piero Campolonghi, Roberto Silva Roberto Silva Roberto Silva is a Peru football player. As of February 2009, he plays for Universidad San Mart?n de Porres. He played in the Fu?ball-Bundesliga for SV Werder Bremen....	Guido Picco, Palacio de Bellas Artes Palacio de Bellas Artes Palacio de Bellas Artes is the premier opera house of Mexico City. The building well known for both its extravagant Beaux Arts exterior in imported Italian Carrara white marble and its murals by Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Jos? Clemente Orozco.... , Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008.... Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra and Chorus	Audio CD: Melodram (Live performance)	1078712
1953	Maria Callas Maria Callas Maria Callas was an American-born Greeks soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the twentieth century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique with great dramatic gifts.... , Giuseppe di Stefano Giuseppe Di Stefano Giuseppe Di Stefano was an Italian operatic tenor whose career lasted from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. He was also known for his long association with the soprano Maria Callas, with whom he performed and recorded many times, and with whom he was romantically involved for a brief period.... , Tito Gobbi Tito Gobbi Tito Gobbi was an Italian baritone.... , Raffaele Arié Raffaele Arié Raffaele Ari? was a Bulgarian bass , particularly associated with the Italian and Russian repertories.Ari? studied first in his native city with C....	Tullio Serafin Tullio Serafin Tullio Serafin was an Italy Conducting.... , La Scala La Scala The *Teatro alla Scala* , in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous opera houses. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778, under the name Nuovo Regio Ducal Teatro alla Scala with Antonio Salieri Europa riconosciuta.... Orchestra and Chorus	Audio CD: EMI EMI The EMI Group is a United Kingdom music company comprising the major record label EMI Music ? which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in London, England, United Kingdom ? and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York City....
1955	Maria Callas Maria Callas Maria Callas was an American-born Greeks soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the twentieth century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique with great dramatic gifts.... , Giuseppe di Stefano Giuseppe Di Stefano Giuseppe Di Stefano was an Italian operatic tenor whose career lasted from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. He was also known for his long association with the soprano Maria Callas, with whom he performed and recorded many times, and with whom he was romantically involved for a brief period.... , Rolando Panerai Rolando Panerai Rolando Panerai Italian baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, he enjoyed a long and distinguished career in both comic and dramatic roles.... , Nicola Zaccaria Nicola Zaccaria Nicola Zaccaria was a Greece bass-baritone.Born in Piraeus, Zaccaria studied in Athens where he enjoyed his debut in 1949, aged 26. He sang at La Scala in 1953 and his position as a mainstay of the bass operatic repertoire was assured thereafter....	Herbert von Karajan Herbert von Karajan Herbert von Karajan was an Austrian orchestra and opera conducting, one of the most renowned 20th-century conductors. His obituary in The New York Times described him as "probably the world's best-known conductor and one of the most powerful figures in classical music." Karajan conducted the Berlin Philharmonic for thirty-five years.... , Rias Sinfonie Orchester, La Scala Chorus	Audio CD: Melodram (Live performance)	26004
1957	Roberta Peters Roberta Peters Roberta Peters is an American coloratura soprano who enjoyed a long and distinguished career at the Metropolitan Opera, one of the most durable opera stars of America.... , Jan Peerce Jan Peerce Jan Peerce was an American operatic tenor. He is the father of film director Larry Peerce.... , Philip Maero Philip Maero Philip Maero is an American operatic baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.He studied voice first in New York City and later in Rome.... , Giorgio Tozzi Giorgio Tozzi Giorgio Tozzi was for many years a leading basso with the Metropolitan Opera, and was seen playing lead roles in nearly every major opera house world-wide....	Erich Leinsdorf Erich Leinsdorf Erich Leinsdorf was an Austrian-born American conducting. He performed and recorded with leading orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States and Europe, earning a reputation for exacting standards as well as an acerbic personality.... , Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus	Audio CD: RCA Victor (Living Stereo)
1957	Leyla Gencer Leyla Gencer Leyla Gencer, or Ayse Leyla ?eyrekgil was a world-renowned Turkish soprano opera singer.Known as "La Diva Turca" and "La Regina" in the opera world, Gencer was a notable bel canto soprano who spent most of her career in Italy, from the early 1950s through the mid-1980s, and had a repertoire encompassing more than seventy ro... , Giacinto Prandelli Giacinto Prandelli Giacinto Prandelli is an Italian operatic tenor, particularly associated with the Italian and French repertoires.Born in Lumezzane, Italy, Prandelli sang as a boy in a church choir.... , Nino Carta, Antonio Massaria	Oliviero de Fabritiis Oliviero De Fabritiis Oliviero De Fabritiis was an Italian Conducting and composer.Born in Rome, where he studied with Refice and Setaccialo. He made his debut at the Teatro Nazionale in Rome in 1920, and later moved to the Teatro Adriano.... , Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi, Trieste, Orchestra and Chorus	Audio CD: Arkadia Arkadia Arkadia may refer to:* Arcadia, a region of Greece, also known as Arkad?a* Arkadia , a shopping mall in Warsaw, Poland*Arkadia, Lowicz County in L?dz Voivodeship ...
1959	Maria Callas Maria Callas Maria Callas was an American-born Greeks soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the twentieth century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique with great dramatic gifts.... , Ferruccio Tagliavini Ferruccio Tagliavini Ferruccio Tagliavini was an Italian operatic tenor mainly active in the 1940s and 1950s. Tagliavini was hailed as the heir apparent to Tito Schipa and Beniamino Gigli in the lyric-opera repertory due to the exceptional beauty of his voice, but he did not sustain his great early promise across the full span of his career.... , Piero Cappuccilli Piero Cappuccilli Piero Cappuccilli was an Italian operatic baritone, particularly associated with Giuseppe Verdi roles, especiallyMacbeth and Simon Boccanegra, he was renowned for his extraordinary breath control and smooth legato.... , Bernard Ladysz Bernard Ladysz Bernard Ladysz is a Poland opera singer and actor. His recordings include Lucia di Lammermoor and The Devils of Loudon ....	Tullio Serafin Tullio Serafin Tullio Serafin was an Italy Conducting.... , La Scala La Scala The *Teatro alla Scala* , in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous opera houses. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778, under the name Nuovo Regio Ducal Teatro alla Scala with Antonio Salieri Europa riconosciuta.... Orchestra and Chorus	Audio CD: EMI EMI The EMI Group is a United Kingdom music company comprising the major record label EMI Music ? which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in London, England, United Kingdom ? and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York City....
1959	Joan Sutherland Joan Sutherland Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, Order of Merit, Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire is an Australian voice type soprano noted for her contribution in the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire in the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.... , Jao Gibin, John Shaw John Shaw John Shaw was a Captain in the early years of the United States Navy.He was born at Mountmellick, County Laois, Ireland, in 1773, and moved to the United States in 1790, where he settled in Philadelphia, and entered the merchant marine.... , Joseph Rouleau Joseph Rouleau Joseph Rouleau is a French-Canadian Basso opera singer, particularly associated with the Italian and French repertories.He studied privately with Edouard Wolley and Albert Cornellier in Montreal, and at the Music Conservatory with Martial Singher....	Tullio Serafin Tullio Serafin Tullio Serafin was an Italy Conducting.... , Royal Opera House Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in the London district of Covent Garden. The large building, often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", is the home of Royal Opera, London , Royal Ballet, London and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.... , Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus	Audio CD: Golden Melodram (Live performance)
1961	Joan Sutherland Joan Sutherland Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, Order of Merit, Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire is an Australian voice type soprano noted for her contribution in the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire in the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.... , Renato Cioni Renato Cioni Renato Cioni is an Italian operatictenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.Born on the Isle of Elba, the son of a fisherman, Cioni received his main musical education at the Cherubini Conservatory in Florence.... , Robert Merrill Robert Merrill Robert Merrill was an American operatic baritone. While there has been dispute regarding his birth year , the Social Security Death Index, his family, and his gravestone state that he was born in 1917.... , Cesare Siepi Cesare Siepi Cesare Siepi is an Italy opera singer, generally considered to be one of the finest Basso of the post-war period. His voice was characterised by a deep, warm timbre, and a ringing, vibrant upper register....	John Pritchard John Pritchard Sir John Michael Pritchard Order of the British Empire was a England conductor. He was known for his interpretations of Mozart operas and for his support of contemporary music.... , Coro e orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia	Audio CD: Decca Decca Records Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
1965	Anna Moffo Anna Moffo Anna Moffo was an Italian-American opera singing and one of the leading lyric-coloratura sopranos of her generation. She possessed a warm and radiant voice of considerable range and agility, and was an affecting singing-actress of great physical beauty.... , Carlo Bergonzi, Mario Sereni Mario Sereni Mario Sereni is an Italian baritone, who sang leading roles at the New York Metropolitan Opera for many years.Sereni was born in Perugia, Italy.... , Ezio Flagello Ezio Flagello Ezio Flagello is an Italian-American bass , particularly associated with the Italian repertory, he sang at the Metropolitan Opera from 1957 to 1984....	Georges Pretre Georges Prêtre Georges Pr?tre is a France conducting.He was born in Waziers , and studied harmony under Maurice Durufl? and conducting under Andr? Cluytens among others at the Paris Conservatoire.... , RCA Italiana Opera Chorus and Orchestra	Audio CD: RCA RCA RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. Today, the RCA is owned by the France conglomerate Thomson SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Thomson....
1970	Beverly Sills Beverly Sills Beverly Sills was an American operatic soprano who enjoyed success in the 1960s and 1970s. She was famous for her performances in coloratura soprano roles in operas around the world and on recordings.... , Carlo Bergonzi, Piero Cappuccilli Piero Cappuccilli Piero Cappuccilli was an Italian operatic baritone, particularly associated with Giuseppe Verdi roles, especiallyMacbeth and Simon Boccanegra, he was renowned for his extraordinary breath control and smooth legato.... , Justino Diaz Justino Díaz Justino Diaz is an internationally renowned Bass singer....	Thomas Schippers Thomas Schippers Thomas Schippers was an United States conducting. He was highly-regarded for his work in opera.... , London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Arts Centre....	Audio CD: Westminster Westminster Westminster is an area of Central London, within the City of Westminster. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross....
1971	Joan Sutherland Joan Sutherland Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, Order of Merit, Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire is an Australian voice type soprano noted for her contribution in the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire in the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.... , Luciano Pavarotti Luciano Pavarotti Luciano Pavarotti Italian orders of merit was an Italian opera tenor, who also crossed over into popular music. He was the most commercially successful tenor of all.... , Sherrill Milnes Sherrill Milnes Sherrill Milnes is an United States operatic baritone most famous for his Giuseppe Verdi roles. From 1965 until 1997 he was associated with the Metropolitan Opera.... , Nicolai Ghiaurov Nicolai Ghiaurov Nicolai Ghiaurov was a Bulgarian opera singer and one of the most famous basso singers of the postwar period. He was admired for his powerful, sumptuous voice, and was particularly associated with roles of Giuseppe Verdi....	Richard Bonynge Richard Bonynge Richard Bonynge, Order of the British Empire , is an Australian conductor and pianist.He was born in Sydney, Australia and educated at Sydney Boys High School before studying piano at the Royal College of Music in London.... , Royal Opera House Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in the London district of Covent Garden. The large building, often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", is the home of Royal Opera, London , Royal Ballet, London and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.... , Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus	Audio CD: Decca	4101932
1976	Montserrat Caballé Montserrat Caballé Montserrat Caball? is a Spain Catalan people operaticsoprano. One of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century,she possesses a voice of remarkable beauty and of great range... , José Carreras José Carreras Josep Maria Carreras i Coll , better known as Jos? Carreras, is a Spain Catalonia tenor. One of the most prominent opera singers of his generation, and particularly eminent in the operas of Verdi and Puccini, his career has encompassed over 60 roles on stage and in the recording studio.... , Vicente Sardinero Vicente Sardinero Vicente Sardinero was a Spanish operatic baritone. Born in Barcelona, he made his debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in his native city in the 1964-65 season, as Escamillo in Carmen.... , Samuel Ramey Samuel Ramey Samuel Edward Ramey is an United States opera singer and considered by many to be one of the finest basso cantante singers of his generation. He is greatly admired for his range and versatility, having both the bel canto technique to sing George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioacchino Rossini, as well as the power to handle the...	Jesús López-Cobos Jesús López-Cobos Jes?s L?pez-Cobos is a Spanish Conducting.L?pez-Cobos was born in Toro, Zamora, Zamora , Castile-Leon, Spain. He studied at Complutense University of Madrid and graduated with a degree in philosophy....	Audio CD: Philips Philips Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , usually known as Philips, is a Netherlands electronics company. It is one of the largest electronics companies in the world, founded and headquartered in the Netherlands....
1982	Joan Sutherland Joan Sutherland Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, Order of Merit, Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire is an Australian voice type soprano noted for her contribution in the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire in the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.... , Alfredo Kraus Alfredo Kraus Alfredo Kraus Trujillo was a distinguished Spanish people tenor of Austrian descent, particularly known for the artistry he brought to opera's bel canto roles.... , Pablo Elvira Pablo Elvira Pablo Elv?ra was an United States baritone. Elv?ra was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and began his musical career playing jazz trumpet there, both with his father's band and later his own.... , Paul Plishka Paul Plishka Paul Plishka is a Ukrainian-American opera singer.Mr Plishka comes from Old Forge, Pennsylvania; his parents were American-born children of Ukrainians immigrants....	Richard Bonynge Richard Bonynge Richard Bonynge, Order of the British Empire , is an Australian conductor and pianist.He was born in Sydney, Australia and educated at Sydney Boys High School before studying piano at the Royal College of Music in London....	DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon is a Germany classical record label, now part of the Universal Music Group. The company has long been known for its high standards of high fidelity....
1983	June Anderson, Alfredo Kraus Alfredo Kraus Alfredo Kraus Trujillo was a distinguished Spanish people tenor of Austrian descent, particularly known for the artistry he brought to opera's bel canto roles.... , Lorenzo Saccomani, Agostino Ferrin	Gianluigi Gelmetti Gianluigi Gelmetti Gianluigi Gelmetti is an Italian conducting and composer.He studied conducting with Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Celibidache and Hans Swarowsky. He first conducted an orchestra in Siena at age 16.... , Teatro Comunale Florence Teatro Comunale Florence The *Teatro Comunale di Firenze* is an opera house in Florence, Italy. It was originally built as the open-air amphitheatre, the Politeama Fiorentiono Vittorio Emanuele which was inaugurated on 17 May 1862 with a production of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and which seated 6,000 people.... Orchestra and chorus	Audio CD: LS	1117
1986	Joan Sutherland Joan Sutherland Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, Order of Merit, Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire is an Australian voice type soprano noted for her contribution in the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire in the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.... , Richard Greager, Malcolm Donnelly Malcolm Donnelly Malcolm Douglas Donnelly Order of Australia . is an Australian baritone opera singer.Donnelly studied with Marianne Mathy at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and with Vida Harford in London.... , Clifford Grant Clifford Grant Clifford Scantlebury Grant is a retired Australian operatic Bass singer.Clifford Grant was born in Sydney. In 1966 he joined English National Opera company and on 20 December 1974 he had his debut at the Royal Opera House in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, in the role of Doctor Bartolo....	Richard Bonynge Richard Bonynge Richard Bonynge, Order of the British Empire , is an Australian conductor and pianist.He was born in Sydney, Australia and educated at Sydney Boys High School before studying piano at the Royal College of Music in London.... , Australian Opera Opera Australia Opera Australia is the principal opera company in Australia. Based in Sydney, its performance season at the Sydney Opera House runs for approximately eight months of the year, with the remainder of its time spent in the The Arts Centre in Melbourne.... , Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra and Australian Opera Chorus	DVD: Image Entertainment Image Entertainment Image Entertainment, Inc. is a leading independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America, with approximately 3,000 exclusive DVD titles and approximately 250 exclusive CD titles in domestic release, and approximately 450 programs internationally via sublicense agreements....	5789RA
1990	Cheryl Studer Cheryl Studer Cheryl Studer is a Grammy Award winning American dramatic soprano who has sung at many of the world's major opera houses. A singer with unusual versatility, Studer has performed more than eighty roles ranging from the dramatic repertoire to roles more commonly associated with lyric sopranos and coloratura sopranos.... , Plácido Domingo Plácido Domingo Jos? Pl?cido Domingo Embil Order of the British Empire , better known as Pl?cido Domingo, is a Spanish tenor, known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range.... , Juan Pons Juan Pons Joan Pons ?lvarez , is a Spanish dramatic baritone, known internationally as Juan Pons.... , Samuel Ramey Samuel Ramey Samuel Edward Ramey is an United States opera singer and considered by many to be one of the finest basso cantante singers of his generation. He is greatly admired for his range and versatility, having both the bel canto technique to sing George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioacchino Rossini, as well as the power to handle the...	Ion Marin, London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Arts Centre.... Ambrosian Opera Chorus	Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon is a Germany classical record label, now part of the Universal Music Group. The company has long been known for its high standards of high fidelity....	4594912
1998	Andrea Rost Andrea Rost Andrea Rost is a Hungarian Lyric soprano soprano. She has performed in leading roles with the Vienna State Opera, La Scala, the Royal Opera House, Op?ra National de Paris, the Metropolitan Opera and the Salzburg Festival.... , Bruce Ford Bruce Ford Bruce Ford is an American operatic tenor, particularly associated with Mozart roles and the bel canto repertory.Ford studied at the University of Texas, and later as a member of the Houston Grand Opera Studio in Houston, where he created Philip Glass's The Madrigal Opera in 1981.... , Anthony Michaels-Moore, Alastair Miles	Charles Mackerras Charles Mackerras Sir Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras, Order of Australia, Companion of Honour, Order of the British Empire is an Australian conducting. He is a noted authority on the operas of Jan?cek and Mozart, and the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan.... , The Hanover Band and the London Voices London Voices London Voices is a London-based choral ensemble led by Terry Edwards, who founded the ensemble in 1973. They have been involved in numerous recordings of operas and soundtracks including The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover, Ravenous, the Star Wars prequel trilogy, Lucia di Lammermoor, The Lord of the Rings series, th...	Audio CD: Sony Classical	63174

Lucie de Lammermoor (in French)

Year	Cast (Lucia, Edgardo, Enrico, Raimondo)	Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra	Label	Catalogue numbers
2002	Natalie Dessay Natalie Dessay Natalie Dessay is a France coloratura soprano. She dropped the "h" in her first name in honor of Natalie Wood when she was in grade school and subsequently simplified the spelling of her surname outside France.... , Marcello Alvarez, Ludovic Tézier, Nicolas Cavallier	Evelino Pidò, Orchestre et Chœur de l’Opéra National de Lyon Opéra National de Lyon Op?ra National de Lyon is an List of opera companies in Lyon, France which performs in the Nouvel Op?ra , a modernized version in 1993 of the original 1831 opera house....	CD: Celestial Audio	CA 341
2002	Natalie Dessay Natalie Dessay Natalie Dessay is a France coloratura soprano. She dropped the "h" in her first name in honor of Natalie Wood when she was in grade school and subsequently simplified the spelling of her surname outside France.... , Roberto Alagna Roberto Alagna Roberto Alagna is a France operatic tenor of Sicilian descent. He was born in Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.... , Ludovic Tézier, Nicolas Cavallier	Evelino Pidò, Orchestre et Chœur de l’Opéra National de Lyon Opéra National de Lyon Op?ra National de Lyon is an List of opera companies in Lyon, France which performs in the Nouvel Op?ra , a modernized version in 1993 of the original 1831 opera house....	CD: EMI Classics EMI Classics EMI Classics is a record label of EMI, formed in 1990 in order to reduce the need to create country-specific packaging and catalogs for internationally distributed european classical music releases....	0724354552823
2002	Patrizia Ciofi Patrizia Ciofi Patrizia Ciofi, born in Casole d'Elsa, Province of Siena in 1967, is an Italy operatic soprano.She studied at the Istituto Musicale Pietro Mascagni in Livorno, and subsequently took part in master classes at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena, with Carlo Bergonzi and Shirley Verrett.... , Roberto Alagna Roberto Alagna Roberto Alagna is a France operatic tenor of Sicilian descent. He was born in Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.... , Ludovic Tézier, Nicolas Cavallier	Evelino Pidò, Orchestre et Chœur de l’Opéra National de Lyon Opéra National de Lyon Op?ra National de Lyon is an List of opera companies in Lyon, France which performs in the Nouvel Op?ra , a modernized version in 1993 of the original 1831 opera house....	DVD Video: TDK TDK , formerly , is a Japan company that manufactures electronic materials, electronic components, and recording and Data storage device, and markets them globally....

Note: "Cat:" is short for catalogue number by the label company.

Media

Lucia in popular culture

The "Lucia Sextet" (Chi mi frena in tal momento?) was recorded in 1908 by Enrico Caruso

Enrico Caruso

Enrico Caruso was an italians tenor. Caruso was also one of the most significant and renowned singers in any genre in both the 19th and 20th Centuries, and one of the most important pioneers of recorded music....
, Marcella Sembrich

Marcella Sembrich

Marcella Sembrich was the stage name of the coloratura soprano, Prakseda Marcelina Kochanska. A Polish opera-singer, she was born at Vyshnivchyk, in then Austrian Galicia now Ukraine....
, Antonio Scotti, Marcel Journet

Marcel Journet

Marcel Journet , was a French Bass . He enjoyed a prominent career in European and American opera houses in New York City and Chicago.Journet was born in Grasse, southern France, and reputedly studied at the Paris conservatory....
, Barbara Severina, and Francesco Daddi, (Victor single-sided 70036) and released at the price of $7.00, earning it the title of "The Seven-Dollar Sextet". The film The Great Caruso
The Great Caruso

The Great Caruso is a 1951 in film biographical film made by MGM. It was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Joe Pasternak with Jesse L....
incorporates a scene featuring a performance of this sextet.

The "Lucia Sextet" melody is best known to some from its use by the American slapstick

Slapstick

Slapstick is a type of comedy involving exaggerated extreme physical violence or activities which exceed the boundaries of common sense, such as a character being hit in the face with a heavy frying pan or running into a brick wall....
comedy team the Three Stooges

Three Stooges

The Three Stooges was an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid?20th century best known for their numerous short subject films....
in their short films Micro-Phonies
Micro-Phonies

Micro-Phonies is the 87th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 in film and 1959 in film....
and Squareheads of the Round Table
Squareheads of the Round Table

Squareheads of the Round Table is the 106th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 in film and 1959 in film....
, sung in the latter with the lyrics "Oh, Elaine, can you come out tonight...." But the melody is used most dramatically in Howard Hawks' gangster classic "Scarface": Tony Camonte (Paul Muni) whistles "Chi mi frena?" in the film's opening sequence, as he guns down a ganglord boss he has been assigned to protect.

It has also been used in Warner Brothers cartoons: Long-Haired Hare
Long-Haired Hare

Long-Haired Hare is a 1948 Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in 1949, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese....
, sung by the opera singer (Bugs Bunny's antagonist); Book Revue
Book Revue

Book Revue is a 1945 Looney Tunes cartoon short featuring Daffy Duck, released in 1946. It is directed by Bob Clampett, written by Warren Foster and scored by Carl Stalling....
, sung by the wolf antagonist; and in Back Alley Oproar
Back Alley Oproar

Back Alley Oproar is a Warner Bros. animated short originally aired in theaters on March 27, 1948. It is billed as a Merrie Melodies and it has Sylvester and Elmer Fudd as its main characters....
, sung by a choir full of Sylvester

Sylvester (Looney Tunes)

Sylvester J. Pussycat, Sr., or simply, Sylvester the Cat, or Sylvester, or Puddy Tat or gringo pussy-gato , is a fictional character, a three-time Academy Award-winning anthropomorphic tuxedo cat who appears in more than 90 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons made from 1945 to 1966, often chasing Tweety,...
s, the cat. Disney have also used the "Lucia Sextet" in a unique interpretation with all parts performed by Nelson Eddy in 1946 Disney short The Whale Who Wanted To Sing At The Met, the vocals being that of the amazing Willie, the Operatic Whale.

The "Lucia Sextet" melody also figures in two scenes from the 2006 film The Departed
The Departed

The Departed is a Cinema of the United States crime film-thriller film remake of the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs....
, directed by Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese is an Academy Award-winning American filmmaker, screenwriter, film producer, and film historian. Also affectionately known as "Marty", he is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation and a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema and has won awards from the Gol...
. In one scene, Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson

John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson is an United States actor, film director, film producer, and screenwriter, Movie star for his often dark-themed portrayals of Neurosis Fictional character....
's character is shown at a performance of "Lucia di Lammermoor", and the music on the soundtrack is from the sextet. Later in the film, Nicholson's cell phone ringtone is the sextet melody.

The Sextet is also featured during a scene from the 1986 comedy film, The Money Pit

The Money Pit

The Money Pit is a 1986 in film comedy film, and a remake of Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. Directed by Richard Benjamin and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, the film stars Tom Hanks as Walter Fielding Jr., an entertainment industry lawyer, and Shelley Long as Anna Crowley, a violist, along with Alexander Godunov, who pl...
.

In the children's book "The Cricket in Times Square

Cricket in Times Square

The Cricket in Times Square is a 1960 novel by George Selden and illustrated by Garth Williams. It won the Newbery Honor Award. Selden gave this explanation of what was the initial idea for the book:...
," Chester Cricket chirps the tenor part to the "Lucia Sextet" as the encore to his farewell concert, literally stopping traffic in the process.

An aria from the "mad scene," "Il dolce suono

Il dolce suono

Il dolce suono is an aria taken from Act III scene 1, Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti. It is also commonly known as ?mad scene? sung by the leading soprano, Lucia....
" (from the 3rd Act), was re-popularized when it was featured in the Luc Besson

Luc Besson

Luc Besson is a French film director, writer and film producer. He is the creator of EuropaCorp film company....
film The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element

The Fifth Element is a 1997 in film science fantasy, Action film-comedy film, techno thriller film directed by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, Ian Holm, and Chris Tucker....
in a performance by the alien diva Plavalaguna (voiced by Albanian soprano Inva Mulla Tchacko

Inva Mula

Maïwenn Le Besco

Ma?wenn Le Besco is a French Actor sometimes referred to as Ma?wenn or Ouin-ouin....
). A loose remake of this film version of the song was covered by Russian pop singer Vitas

Vitas

Vitas , is a Russian pop singer, composer, actor and fashion designer. He is most commonly known by his shortened first name, Vitas, or ????? in Russian....
.

The "mad scene" was also used in the first episode of the anime

Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
series Gankutsuou (in place of L'Italiana in Algeri
L'italiana in Algeri

'L'italiana in Algeri' is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca....
which was the opera used in that scene in The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, p?re. It is often considered to be, along with The Three Musketeers, Dumas' most popular work....
).

The "mad scene" aria, as sung by Inva Mula

Inva Mula

Inva Mula is an opera soprano born in Tirana, Albania. Coming from an artistic family, she began her opera career at a very early age. Her father, Avni Mula, is a famous Albanian singer and composer, born in ?akovica, a city in Kosovo....
, was used in an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an United States television program set in New York City. Criminal Intent premiered on September 30 2001....
involving the murder of a young violinist by her opera singer mother (who performs the song right after the murder).

The "mad scene" was released as a music video by Russian male soprano Vitas

Vitas

Vitas , is a Russian pop singer, composer, actor and fashion designer. He is most commonly known by his shortened first name, Vitas, or ????? in Russian....
in 2006.

Among other selections from the opera, the "mad scene", "Verranno a te sull'aure", and "Che facesti?" feature prominently in the 1983 Paul Cox

Paul Cox

Paulus Henriqus Benedictus Cox is an award-winning Australian-based film director.Born in the Netherlands, Cox emigrated to Australia. His teaching at Prahran College of Advanced Education in the 1970s influenced a number of photographers and film-makers including Carol Jerrems....
film Man of Flowers

Man of Flowers

Man of Flowers is a 1983 Australian film about an eccentric, reclusive, middle-aged man who enjoys the beauty of art, flowers, and watching pretty women undress....
, especially "Verranno a te sull'aure," which accompanies a striptease in the film's opening scene.

The opera is mentioned in the novels The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, p?re. It is often considered to be, along with The Three Musketeers, Dumas' most popular work....
, Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary is a novel by Gustave Flaubert, often considered his masterpiece. The novel focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adultery and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life....
and Where Angels Fear to Tread

Where Angels Fear to Tread

Where Angels Fear to Tread is a novel by E. M. Forster, originally entitled Monteriano. The title comes from a line in Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism: "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"....
and was reputedly one of Tolstoy's favorites.

"Regnava nel silenzio" accompanies the scene in Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice

Beetle Juice is a 1988 comedy horror film directed by Tim Burton. The film stars Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones and Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice....
in which Lydia (Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder

Winona Laura Horowitz , better known under her professional name Winona Ryder, is an American actress. She started her career in 1986. Although Ryder made her screen debut in Lucas , her first significant role came in 1988 with Beetle Juice as Lydia Deetz, a Goth subculture teenager, in a performance that gained her critical an...
) composes a suicide note.

Bibliography

External links

Libretto (Italian)
Libretto of French version (French)
(Metropolitan Opera synopsis)