Lucia in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor"

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Lucia in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" is the tragic bel canto heroine driven to madness and death amid a doomed love and brutal family conflict in 17th-century Scotland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bel canto heroine
fictional character
opera character
tragic heroine
appearsIn Lucia di Lammermoor NERFINISHED
associatedMotif ghost at the fountain
basedOnAuthor Walter Scott NERFINISHED
basedOnCharacterFrom The Bride of Lammermoor NERFINISHED
belongsToFaction Ashton family NERFINISHED
centralTheme doomed love
family conflict
forced marriage
madness
createdBy Gaetano Donizetti NERFINISHED
dramaticArc innocent love to madness and death
dramaticFunction protagonist of Lucia di Lammermoor
dramaticOutcome dies
goes mad
kills her husband
enemyFamily Ravenswood family NERFINISHED
familyName Ashton NERFINISHED
famousAria Il dolce suono NERFINISHED
Quando rapito in estasi NERFINISHED
Regnava nel silenzio NERFINISHED
Spargi d’amaro pianto
famousScene mad scene
forcedToMarry Arturo Bucklaw NERFINISHED
genreContext Italian bel canto opera
hasBrother Enrico Ashton NERFINISHED
inLoveWith Edgardo di Ravenswood NERFINISHED
languageOfOpera Italian
librettoBy Salvadore Cammarano NERFINISHED
name Lucia Ashton NERFINISHED
notableInterpreter Beverly Sills NERFINISHED
Edita Gruberová NERFINISHED
Joan Sutherland NERFINISHED
Maria Callas NERFINISHED
Natalie Dessay NERFINISHED
operaPremierePlace Teatro San Carlo, Naples NERFINISHED
operaPremiereYear 1835
religiousContext Catholic
settingCentury 17th century
settingPlace Scotland NERFINISHED
symbolizes destructive power of feuds
victim of patriarchal oppression
vocalStyle coloratura soprano
voiceType soprano

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Joan Sutherland famousRole Lucia in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor"
this entity surface form: Lucia in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
Joan Sutherland notableRecording Lucia in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor"
this entity surface form: Lucia di Lammermoor (Decca, with Pavarotti)
Maria Callas notableRole Lucia in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor"