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Michael Lewis as Rigoletto

16 June 2018

9:00 AM

16 June 2018

9:00 AM

Sir Walter Scott published The Bride of Lammermoor in 1819 as one of his hugely successful Waverley novels which captured the imagination of European readers and effectively codified Scottish mythology and practice, not least reviving the wearing of the tartan. Donizetti was captivated by the romance of Scotland and composed his version of that story in 1832 as Lucia di Lammermoor.

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