Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti is an opera seria in three acts. This bel canto piece marked the birth of the Italian Romantic Movement. The storyline of this opera is based on Walter Scott’s novel, The Bride of Lammermoor, written in 1819. Donizetti changed only a few of the characters’ names. 　　故事描述18世纪初，苏格兰拉美莫尔地区的领主亨利·阿斯顿勋爵与雷文斯伍德城的领主埃德加，世代为敌，他夺取了埃德加的财产，只留给埃德加一座荒废的要塞（在韦尔费拉格）。有一天亨利的妹妹露契亚受到公牛的袭击，被偶然经过这里的埃德加相救。因此，露契亚便爱上了他。 　　亨利·阿斯顿知道后百般阻挠，出于政治野心，他要妹妹放弃埃德加嫁给他的政治盟友阿瑟·巴克洛勋爵。遭到露契亚的极力反对。不久，即将出使法国的埃德加前来向露契亚告别，两人立誓终生相爱，永不变心。埃德加到法国后，写了很多封信给露契亚，但都被阿斯顿心腹诺尔曼截获。阿斯顿和诺尔曼还伪造埃德加的信件：“向露契亚表明他已另有新欢。”露契亚看后悲痛万分，阿斯顿则趁机为她与巴克洛勋爵安排婚礼。婚礼进行中，恰好埃德加回国赶到，闯进来大骂露契亚负心、背叛。露琪亚受不了刺激而发疯。当晚，露契亚疯狂地刺杀新郎巴克洛，自己亦自杀。埃德加闻讯，痛不欲生，也拔剑自刎。

Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti is an opera seria in three acts. This bel canto piece marked the birth of the Italian Romantic Movement. The storyline of this opera is based on Walter Scott’s novel, The Bride of Lammermoor, written in 1819. Donizetti changed only a few of the characters’ names. 　　故事描述18世纪初，苏格兰拉美莫尔地区的领主亨利·阿斯顿勋爵与雷文斯伍德城的领主埃德加，世代为敌，他夺取了埃德加的财产，只留给埃德加一座荒废的要塞（在韦尔费拉格）。有一天亨利的妹妹露契亚受到公牛的袭击，被偶然经过这里的埃德加相救。因此，露契亚便爱上了他。 　　亨利·阿斯顿知道后百般阻挠，出于政治野心，他要妹妹放弃埃德加嫁给他的政治盟友阿瑟·巴克洛勋爵。遭到露契亚的极力反对。不久，即将出使法国的埃德加前来向露契亚告别，两人立誓终生相爱，永不变心。埃德加到法国后，写了很多封信给露契亚，但都被阿斯顿心腹诺尔曼截获。阿斯顿和诺尔曼还伪造埃德加的信件：“向露契亚表明他已另有新欢。”露契亚看后悲痛万分，阿斯顿则趁机为她与巴克洛勋爵安排婚礼。婚礼进行中，恰好埃德加回国赶到，闯进来大骂露契亚负心、背叛。露琪亚受不了刺激而发疯。当晚，露契亚疯狂地刺杀新郎巴克洛，自己亦自杀。埃德加闻讯，痛不欲生，也拔剑自刎。

Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House 　　Daniel Oren (conductor), Katie Mitchell (director) 　　Diana Damrau (Lucia), Charles Castronovo (Edgardo), Ludovic Tézier (Enrico), Taylor Stayton (Arturo), Kwangchul Youn (Raimondo), Rachael Lloyd (Alisa), Peter Hoare (Normanno) 　　----- 　　Designer Vicki Mortimer 　　Lighting designer Jon Clark 　　Movement director Joseph Alford 　　Diana Damrau’s reputation as the world’s leading coloratura soprano has been built on her extraordinary technical virtuosity, her sensitive musicianship and her acute psychological insight. In Katie Mitchell’s sometimes radical production of Lucia di Lammermoor from the Royal Opera House, she is, as the Financial Times wrote, 'brilliantly convincing'. Award winning director Katie Mitchell took a revisionist approach to the drama, updating the action to the mid-19th century and applying a feminist slant as she added new and unexpected elements. Mitchell also made extensive use of a ‘split screen’ effect on the stage, counterpointing two different pieces of action at key moments.

Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House 　　Daniel Oren (conductor), Katie Mitchell (director) 　　Diana Damrau (Lucia), Charles Castronovo (Edgardo), Ludovic Tézier (Enrico), Taylor Stayton (Arturo), Kwangchul Youn (Raimondo), Rachael Lloyd (Alisa), Peter Hoare (Normanno) 　　----- 　　Designer Vicki Mortimer 　　Lighting designer Jon Clark 　　Movement director Joseph Alford 　　Diana Damrau’s reputation as the world’s leading coloratura soprano has been built on her extraordinary technical virtuosity, her sensitive musicianship and her acute psychological insight. In Katie Mitchell’s sometimes radical production of Lucia di Lammermoor from the Royal Opera House, she is, as the Financial Times wrote, 'brilliantly convincing'. Award winning director Katie Mitchell took a revisionist approach to the drama, updating the action to the mid-19th century and applying a feminist slant as she added new and unexpected elements. Mitchell also made extensive use of a ‘split screen’ effect on the stage, counterpointing two different pieces of action at key moments.

Now in its seventh season, the popular performance series The Met: Live in HD has brought the Metropolitan Opera’s world-class productions to a whole new audience via live video simulcasts skillfully captured with multiple high-definition cameras and beamed via satellite to cinemas around the world. As the curtain goes up on the Met’s 2012-2013 season with director Bartlett Sher’s new production of one of the greatest comic operas, Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore (starring Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani and conducted by Maurizio Benini), we are pleased to present this special NYFF edition of The Met: Live in HD.The performance, transmitted live from the Met stage, will be followed by a live, in-theater discussion with Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb and Gary Halvorson, Emmy Award-winning director of The Met: Live in HD, who will both come straight from the TV truck!

阿迪娜（安吉拉·乔治乌 Angela Gheorghiu 饰）是既漂亮又富有的女地主，偏偏爱上了名不见经传的青年农人内莫里诺（查尔·阿兹纳弗 Charles Aznavour 饰）。然而，内莫里诺自知自己和阿迪娜之间身份悬殊，所以一直不敢向她表露真心，这畏畏缩缩的样子让阿迪娜感到十分的恼火。 　　军曹贝克尔（阿兰尼亚 Roberto Alagna 饰）爱慕阿迪娜已久，这一次，他带领着自己的人马来到了阿迪娜所在的村庄，准备正式的追求这位美人。贝克尔的出现让内莫里诺对于阿迪娜的感情更加的动摇了。江湖庸医杜卡尔马拉来到了村子里，声称自己贩售的“爱的甘醇”能令饮用它的人得到爱情，为情所苦的内莫里诺相信了庸医的鬼话，斥巨资购买，却反而因为醉酒惹恼了阿迪娜。