Show Is familiar and rarely beautiful and they were adequately rendered The book of the opera is written from Sir Walter Scotts novel The Bride of or O Sir Henry who has two great arias anas in the first act Fury Fur re remorseless remorseless remorseless terrible and Now no pity restrains me in which he threatens vengeance upon Lucias lover Edgardo Lucia who is opposed to the marriage her brother proposes for her signifies her grief and passionate attachment for Ed Edgardo Edgardo Edgardo gardo in the exquisite arias Nature seemed in silence and Love wraps my soul in ecstasy The rhe farewell duet be between between between tween Lucia and Edgardo Upon the breeze to thee is IB an expression of pas passionate passionate passionate love and sorrow in its greatest in intensity Intensity intensity The second act Is notable for forthe forthe forthe the great sextet Why Vh am I my m arm re restraining restraining restraining straining sung by Zara Ban Bari Giuliani and Mile Mlle Williams It ensues when Edgardo returns unexpectedly unexpectedly at the moment of the signing of the marriage contract The third act also contains two of the great 1 Arias of oper operatic operatic operatic music The mad song of Lucia and the tomb song of or Edgardo which expresses his grief at the death of Lu Lucia Lucia Lucia cia and his own farewell to earth With the beautiful choruses and orchestral ac ae accompaniment the evenings performance was a joy and satisfaction to all hearers |