Rye Arts Festival is delighted to bring you this bold, emotionally charged production of Donizetti’s romantic tragedy. The score will be reimagined for the Barefoot Band, who bring together classical music and gypsy jazz instrumentation. Several of the cast
will be multi-tasking, seamlessly moving between playing an instrument and singing on stage.
This opera is an intense, emotionally charged work fusing Gothic romanticism with psychological unravelling. Based on Sir Walter Scott’s novel The Bride of Lammermoor, the opera tells the tragic story of Lucia, a young woman caught between forbidden love and family obligation. Her secret romance,forced betrothal, and eventual descent into madness unfold against a backdrop of
hauntingly beautiful music.
This production brings you Lucia as a living, breathing work of art with enormous contemporary relevance. It’s edgy, gripping, and urgently alive.
