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Metropolitan Opera, The: Lucia Di Lammermoor (1982)
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As the ovation following her first aria faded away, a voice called out across the theater, "Welcome back!"After a four-year absence, Joan Sutherland had returned triumphantly to the Met in an undisputed gem of bel canto repertoire, Lucia di Lammermoor.It was the role that assured her international fame when she first sang it at Convent Garden in 1959 -- "a mad scene heard round the world"- and the one which introduced her to Met audiences in 1961 -- "Joan Sutherland came, sang, and conquered."
Now 21 years later,. Once again on the Met stage, Dame Joan gives a performance of astounding facility and musical sensitivity.Indeed, as one critic noted, "
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