Joan Sutherland To Lucia

Lucia di Lammermoor is the best-known bel canto opera written byDonizetti, who was a famous Italian opera composer during the Romantic period inthe19th Century. Regnava nel silenzio, which is an aria sung by the heroine Lucia inthat opera, has been a vehicle for several coloratura sopranos to demonstrate theirtechnical and expressive ability. Among these sopranos, the titlt of the world’s bestone belongs to nobody but Sutherland. Sutherland is an Australian operatic soprano. Itis worth noting that she is represented as the operatic queen and is the personificationof coloratura in the20th century, owing to her perfect voice characteristics, materlycoloratura skills and consummate artistic attainments.In order to understand the opera Lucia di Lammermoor thoroughly and providesome referenced value and instruction for the better performance in this opera, thispaper will discuss from three parts. Firstly, the voice type used for acting Lucia isanalyzed via understanding the types of coloratura and the characteristics of Lucia.Secondly, the voice type of Sutherland is introduced, and how she becomes the bestone to interpretate Lucia is expatiated. Finally, taking the aria Regnava nel silenzio forexample, the reason why she can successfully performance the role Lucia is analyzedin the two ways of expression and technique...