Opera Zurich Lucia di Lammermoor

Lucia di Lammermoor unfolds in 17th-century Scotland, where the noble Lammermoor family is embroiled in bitter feuds with their rivals, the Ravenswoods. Lucia, daughter of Lord Enrico, has fallen passionately in love with Edgardo, the last of the Ravenswood line—a union her family vehemently opposes. When Edgardo is forced into exile, Lucia's brother manipulates her through forged letters, convincing her that Edgardo has abandoned her for another woman. Desperate and heartbroken, Lucia agrees to marry Arturo Bucklaw, a politically advantageous match her family has arranged. On her wedding night, consumed by madness and grief, Lucia descends into psychological collapse, culminating in the opera's most celebrated moment: her haunting mad scene. The tragedy deepens when Edgardo, returning to Scotland and learning of Lucia's marriage, confronts her brother in a duel. Upon discovering that Lucia has died—driven to her death by despair—Edgardo takes his own life, uniting the doomed lovers only in death.