"Ricciarelli is a harmonically sensitive Lucia who makes drama out of Regnava nel silenzio, feeling every word...Carreras feels the part of Edgardo, is in fresh voice and has a good breath span... in Act II Gardelli opens a duet usually cut for Lucia and Raimondo.  Bellinian in the beauty of its slow section." -STEFAN ZUCKER

One of the finest video productions of this favorite opera, with then-married Jos Carreras and Katia Ricciarelli and the great baritone Leo Nucci in the principal roles. Conductor Lamberto Gardelli (1915-1998) was one of the most admired opera conductors on record and film, approaching every score not as historical document but as living drama. Bel Canto DVDs have PCM audio rather than compressed formats such as Dolby Digital, which retain only a fraction of the original sound.