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Lucia di Lammermoor

American  
[loo-chee-uh di lam-er-moor, loo-chee-ah dee lahm-mer-moor] / luˈtʃi ə dɪ ˈlæm ərˌmʊər, luˈtʃi ɑ di ˌlɑm mɛrˈmur /

noun

  1. an opera (1835) by Gaetano Donizetti, based on Sir Walter Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor.


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The opening night of a production of Lucia di Lammermoor has been booed by the audience at the Royal Opera House.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2016

Up ahead are lyric tenor role debuts as the Duke in Verdi's "Rigoletto" at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu in March 2017 and Edgardo in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" in 2018.

From US News • Mar. 12, 2016

Joyce El-Khoury, soprano; Matthew Plenk, tenor; and Nicholas Pallesen, baritone, will perform excerpts from Verdi’s La Traviata and Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor and L’Elisir d’Amore, accompanied by pianist Lachl.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2015

The Met will be performing performing "La Boheme," "Don Carlo," and "Lucia di Lammermoor."

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2011

For this final encore he wanted to play the sextet from an opera called Lucia di Lammermoor.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden

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