Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia

This page lists all recordings of Lucrezia Borgia, by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia

Lucrezia Borgia, infamous noblewoman of the Renaissance, has outlived three husbands and is now married to Don Alfonso, Duke of Ferrara. After the Borgia’s palace is defaced by vandals, Lucrezia demands the desecrator’s death to avenge the insult. When the noble young soldier Gennaro is arrested for the crime, Lucrezia’s thirst for vengeance and murder sets in motion a tragic chain of events that eventually destroys her enemies and herself

Joan Sutherland, Margreta Elkins, Ron Stevens, Robert Allman, Robin Donald, Lyndon Terracini, Gregory Yurisich & Lamberto Furlan

The Australian Opera Chorus & The Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

‘Lucrezia Borgia is a lyrical masterly example of Donizetti's art that delights the ear endlessly… Sutherland made the low key arias breathtaking vehicles for the most ravishing singing one is likely to hear on any opera stage in the world.’ The Financial Review