LUCIA di LAMMERMOOR

**OPERA** ON THE MAINSTAGE
music by **Gaetano Donizetti**
libretto by Salvadore Cammarano

STEINMETZ HALL
at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
445 S Magnolia Avenue | Orlando, FL 32801
**Friday | April 19** at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday | April 21 at **2 p.m.**

Sung in Italian with English and Spanish supertitles.
Estimated run time of two hours and forty minutes including one intermission.
TICKETS: start at **$29**
An Ambassadors reception will be held before each performance at Dr. Phillips Center. RSVP to the Ambassadors reception on April 19 **HERE** and April 21 **HERE**. Learn more about being an Ambassador **HERE**.
An invitation only Artist Patrons party will be held after the opening night performance at Dr. Phillips Center. Learn more about being an Artist Patron **HERE**.

Age Advisory | **PG-13**

PROGRAM BOOK

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CAST

LUCIA | Marnie Breckenridge

EDGARDO | Ben Gulley

ENRICO | Gabriel Preisser

RAIMONDO | Zaikuan Song

ARTURO | David Soto Zambrana

ALISA | Linda Collazo

NORMANNO | John Teixeira

PRODUCTION TEAM

Robert Wood | conductor

Grant Preisser | stage director

Mila Makarova | choreographer

Jennifer Madison | costume designer

Nate Wheatley | lighting designer

Tiffany Meadows-Green | stage manager

Sarai Goley | props designer

Opera Orlando heads to Westeros as it closes its 2023-24 MainStage series with a Game of Thrones-inspired take on Donizetti’s bel canto masterpiece Lucia di Lammermoor. A tale of love, betrayal, and madness, Lucia is torn between allegiance to her family and her love for Edgardo–her brother Enrico’s sworn enemy. A forced marriage leads to tragic ends for all involved in this gorgeous operatic treatment of Sir Walter Scott’s gothic romance The Bride of Lammermoor.

Steinmetz Hall is transformed into the North Country in this dark, original production designed and directed by Opera Orlando artistic director Grant Preisser, with Robert Wood, making his Company debut, conducting the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. General director of Opera Orlando and Grammy award-winning baritone Gabriel Preisser leads a stellar cast as Lucia’s duplicitous and desperate brother Enrico with the stunning American soprano Marnie Breckenridge making her Company debut in the title role of Lucia. Also making a Company debut is Chinese baritone Zaikuan Song in the role of the cleric Raimondo, and Opera Orlando welcomes back acclaimed tenor and Company favorite Ben Gulley as Lucia’s passionate lover Edgardo. The cast also includes 2023-24 Studio Artists, members of the Opera Orlando chorus, and dancers from the Orlando Ballet.

MASTERCLASS WITH THE MAESTRO

Conductor Robert Wood will discuss Lucia di Lammermoor and work one-on-one with members of the Studio Artists program in a masterclass setting.

Saturday | April 6 at 6:30 p.m.
Broadway United Methodist Church

FREE and open to the public
RSVP HERE

OPERAINSIGHTS

Enjoy lunch and meet the cast and creative team of Lucia di Lammermoor and get behind-the-scenes insights into the rehearsal and creative process.

Tuesday | April 9 at 12 p.m.
The Woman’s Club of Winter Park

$75 per person
RSVP HERE

SHOP TOUR

Get an exclusive backstage tour of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Opera’s scene shop. Learn more about the design and build process for opera, and be the first to see original sets and costumes being constructed.

Thursday | April 11 at 10:30 a.m.
Opera Orlando Scenic Shop