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Donizetti : Lucia di Lammermoor / Mark A. Pottinger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pottinger, Mark A., author.
- Series:
- New Cambridge music handbooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Lucia di Lammermoor.
- Donizetti, Gaetano.
- Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti, Gaetano).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 195 pages) : illustrations.
- black and white
- illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Introduces Donizetti's most famous opera and its legacy, investigating why it has inspired so much enthusiastic interest among scholars, performers and audiences. The book will be indispensable to singers, directors, students, instructors and opera-goers who are interested in the power of the human voice to convey profoundly moving emotions"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Why Lucia?
- Source studies : Scotland, the gothic sublime, madness and death
- Speaking of genre : Lucia and the bel canto tradition
- The sonic landscape : The orchestral prelude and score
- Act I : The departure
- Act II : The nuptial agreement
- Act III : The wedding night and the graveyard at dawn
- Reception and legacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge University Press, viewed November 12, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Pottinger, Mark A. Donizetti
- ISBN:
- 9781009374507
- 1009374508
- 9781009374545
- 1009374540
- OCLC:
- 1500920422
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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