"Shagimuratova sent a clear, full lyric voice into the house that spun line after line of legato with remarkable ease." - Opera Today
CAST
Albina Shagimuratova*** Lucia
Dimitri Pittas* Edgardo
Scott Hendricks*** Enrico
Matthew Rose Raimondo
Rachel Willis-Sørenson** Alisa
Beau Gibson*** Normanno
Nathaniel Peake** Arturo
CREATIVE TEAM
Antonino Fogliani* Conductor
John Doyle* Director
Liz Ascroft* Set and Costume Designer
Jane Cox* Lighting Designer
Brian Byrnes Fight Director
Richard Bado Chorus Master
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus
* HGO debut ** HGO Studio Artist *** Former HGO Studio Artist
Brown Theater | Sung in Italian with English Surtitles
The volatile religious and political conflicts of two ancient Scottish clans fuel the drama of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. Enrico Ashton (Scott Hendricks) forces his sister Lucia (Albina Shagimuratova) to marry a powerful man despite her love for Edgardo (Dimitri Pittas), the scion of the Ravenswood, whose lands the Ashtons have taken. Drama Desk and Tony Award-winning director John Doyle (Sweeney Todd – Broadway, 2006) and designer Liz Ascroft create intense drama amid the ever-shifting Scottish landscape in this new Houston Grand Opera production, while Italian conductor Antonino Fogliani makes his HGO debut.
Grand Guarantors The Brown Foundation, Inc. The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Mr. and Mrs. Harlan C. Stai
Guarantors Janice and Tom Barrow
Grand Underwriters Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Edward and Frances Bing Fund
A co-production with Opera Australia and Teatro La Fenice, Venice.
Artwork by Pattima Singhalaka
2010/11 Season Madame Butterfly | Peter Grimes | Dead Man Walking Lucia di Lammermoor | The Marriage of Figaro | Ariadne auf Naxos Recitals at Rienzi | Così fan tutte | To Cross the Face of the Moon
