After a world première (Steve Jobs), a light entertainment (Fledermaus), a rarity (The Golden Cockerel), and an excursion into the baroque period (Alcina), Lucia di Lammermoor was conspicuous as the token ‘grand classic’, a tightly plotted, craftily composed soprano showcase replete with ill-fated love and a reasonably high death toll. It may also have been the finest production at this summer’s Santa Fe Opera season. The staging was pleasingly subtle and the principals were excellent, but it was Brenda Rae’s transcendent performance of the title role that turned the evening into something close to an event. The highly understated, almost imperceptibly subtle staging by Ron Daniels created what appeared to be a neutral environment in which the vocal performances could flourish; but as the evening progressed, the staging revealed its…
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