Lucia di Lammermoor

The song that emphasizes this struggle in Lydia is "Regnava nel Silenzio" from the tragic opera,Lucia di Lammermoor.

Coburn will sing from the “Mad Scene” in Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” and also in a duet from his “Don Pasquale” and another duet from “Pagliacci.”

In 1908, she made her debut at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, singing the renowned “mad scene” from “Lucia di Lammermoor,” a bit that she had sung the year before in Italy.

The character of Violetta in “La Traviata” is widely considered one of Callas’s three finest roles — along with Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” and Bellini’s “Norma.”

Beczala, 56, a charismatic singer from Poland with a boyish personality, has long been known for the Italian repertory, making his name in roles like Rodolfo in “La Bohème” and Edgardo in “Lucia di Lammermoor.”