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Lucia di Lammermoor (highlights)

Luciano Pavarotti

60 min · 13 tracks · opera

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Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

75 /100
Treeline
Higher than 73% of albums we've rated

Donizetti’s vocal writing and the ordered dramatic highlights hold up, but the cuts between scenes limit the album’s sense of a continuous opera.

What we noticed

  • The selections follow the opera’s dramatic order, from Lucia’s opening scenes through the wedding sextet and mad scene to Edgardo’s final three numbers.
  • The 13 excerpts skip connective recitative and other stretches, so scenes arrive as set pieces rather than a continuous dramatic arc.
  • Pavarotti appears in the final sequence: the closing run moves from “Tombe degli avi miei” through “Fra poco a me ricovero” to the farewell duet.
Composition 25% of the score
8/10

the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics

Craft 20% of the score
8/10

production, performance, arrangement

Durability 25% of the score
7/10

whether it rewards returning to it

Distinctiveness 18% of the score
6/10

whether it sounds like itself

Sequencing 12% of the score
5/10

running order, pacing, length

Influence 3/10

Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

  • 1 Lucia di Lammermoor: “Cruda funesta smania” 4:21
  • 2 Lucia di Lammermoor: “Regnava nel silenzo” 4:00
  • 3 Lucia di Lammermoor: “Quando, rapito in estati” 4:14
  • 4 Lucia di Lammermoor: “Sulla tomba” 3:07
  • 5 Lucia di Lammermoor: “Qui di sposa eterna” 6:51
  • 6 Lucia di Lammermoor: “Chi mi frena in tal momento” 3:39
  • 7 Lucia di Lammermoor: “T'allontana sciagurato” 4:36
  • 8 Lucia di Lammermoor: “Oh giusto cielo” 3:45
  • 9 Lucia di Lammermoor: “Ohime ! Sorge il tremendo fantasma” 9:37
  • 10 Lucia di Lammermoor: “Spargi d'amaro pianto” 4:25
  • 11 Lucia di Lammermoor: “Tombe degli avi miei” 3:40
  • 12 Lucia di Lammermoor: “Fra poco a me ricovero” 3:12
  • 13 Lucia di Lammermoor: “Tu che a dio spiegasti l'ali” 4:39

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Reference: MusicBrainz